Meaning | An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones. |
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Synonym | hyperthyroidism |
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Parts | exophthalmos | protrusion of the eyeball from the socket |
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Narrower | Graves' disease, exophthalmic goiter | exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter |
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Broader | glandular disease, gland disease, glandular disorder, adenosis | A disorder of the glands of the body |
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Opposite | hypothyroidism | An underactive thyroid gland |
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Spanish | hipertiroidismo, tirotoxicosis |
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Catalan | hipertiroïdisme, tirotoxicosi, tirotoxicosis |
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Adjectives | thyrotoxic | of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism |
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