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Definition of Hyperthyroidism
1. Noun. An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones.
Generic synonyms: Adenosis, Gland Disease, Glandular Disease, Glandular Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Exophthalmic Goiter, Graves' Disease
Terms within: Exophthalmos
Antonyms: Hypothyroidism
Definition of Hyperthyroidism
1. Noun. (medicine) The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. ¹
2. Noun. (pathology) The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyperthyroidism
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Literary usage of Hyperthyroidism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"He has shown that it differs from the hyperthyroidism of exophthalmic goiter not
only in the associated pathologic condition in the thyroid gland but also ..."
2. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"The term infantile hyperthyroidism is intended to embrace only those cases of
... We shall call adolescent hyperthyroidism the cases of thyrotoxicosis which ..."
3. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"Its value as a diagnostic test in hyperthyroidism is increased when blood and
urinary sugar estimations are recorded with pulse rate blood pressure. ..."
4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR ADENOMA WITH hyperthyroidism AND FOR EXOPHTHALMIC
GOITER* ES JUDD Before drawing conclusions with regard to the results of the ..."
5. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"It is still claimed by many that the origin of hyperthyroidism is a mystery.
To my mind, however, toxemia—chemical, bacterial, endocrine or emotional—is the ..."
6. The Thyroid Gland by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, George Washington Crile (1922)
"EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER OR hyperthyroidism Other names applied to this condition are
toxic goiter, thyrotoxicosis, Basedow's disease, Parry's disease, ..."
7. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"If the administration of thyroid substance were pushed beyond this point toxic
symptoms of hyperthyroidism have appeared even when certain symptoms of ..."
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