hypothyroidism

English

Etymology

Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) +‎ thyroid +‎ -ism.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/

Noun

hypothyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural hypothyroidisms)

(pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]
Synonyms: underactive thyroid, low thyroid

Antonym: hyperthyroidism

Related terms

hypothyroidic

Translations

disease state

Arabic: قُصُور اَلدَّرَقِيَّة‎ m pl (quṣūr ad-daraqiyya)
Catalan: hipotiroïdisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甲狀腺功能減退症, 甲状腺功能减退症 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì zhèng), 甲狀腺功能減退, 甲状腺功能减退 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì), 甲減, 甲减 (jiǎjiǎn)
Czech: hypotyreóza f
Estonian: kilpnäärme alatalitlus, hüpotüreoos
Finnish: kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminta
French: hypothyroïdisme m
German: Hypothyreose (de) f
Greek: υποθυρεοειδισμός (el) m (ypothyreoeidismós)
Hebrew: תת פעילות של בלוטת התריס‎ (tat peilut shel balutat hatris)
Hungarian: pajzsmirigy-alulműködés

Irish: hipitíoróideacht f
Italian: ipotiroidismo (it) m
Japanese: 甲状腺機能低下症 (こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう, kōjōsen kinō teikashō)
Polish: niedoczynność tarczycy f
Portuguese: hipotiroidismo m
Russian: гипотирео́з (ru) m (gipotireóz)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хипотироидизам m, хипотиреоза f

Roman: hipotiroidizam m, hipotireoza (sh) f
Spanish: hipotiroidismo m
Swedish: hypotyreos (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự giảm hoạt động của tuyến giáp

See also

cretinism

References

Hypothyroidism at Dictionary.com

Further reading

hypothyroidism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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