HYPOTHYROIDISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothyroidism mean? 

• HYPOTHYROIDISM (noun)
  The noun HYPOTHYROIDISM has 1 sense:

1. an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHYROIDISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHYROIDISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypothyroidism" is a kind of...):

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypothyroidism"):

myxedema; myxoedema (hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration)

cretinism (severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting)

Antonym:

hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)

 Context examples 

Other causes include thyroid nodules, thyroiditis, congenital hypothyroidism, surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid, radiation treatment of the thyroid, and some medicines.

(Hypothyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Among adults, they are linked to hypothyroidism, infertility, diabetes, and hormone-dependent cancers, such as breast cancer.

(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)

Causes include damage to the breast parenchyma due to inflammation, medications, pituitary tumors, and hypothyroidism.

(Lactation Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition characterized by severe hypothyroidism that is caused by autoimmune thyroid gland disorders, surgical reduction of thyroid tissue, radiation exposure, and viral infections.

(Myxedema, NCI Thesaurus)

Progressive enlargement of the thyroid gland, often associated with hypothyroidism.

(Hashimoto thyroiditis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by psychomotor retardation, growth retardation, ataxia, seizures, hepatomegaly with steatosis and hypothyroidism.

(Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by the formation of antibodies that attack the thyroid gland and it usually causes hypothyroidism (too little thyroid hormone).

(Autoimmune thyroiditis, NCI Dictionary)

There is progressive destruction of the thyroid follicles leading to hypothyroidism.

(Hashimoto thyroiditis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the gene are associated with hypothyroidism, neonatal respiratory distress, and both benign hereditary chorea and choreoathetosis.

(NKX2-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes thyroid gland aplasia and thyroid gland hypoplasia, both result in hypothyroidism.

(Congenital Thyroid Gland Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)