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- adjective Of, relating to, or affected with hyperthyroidism.
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- adjective of or pertaining to
hyperthyroidism
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Examples
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Cat: Went back in for his recheck on his hyperthyroid, which is, after medication, at the high end of normal, but normal.
Not Dead. cavalaxis 2007
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Cat: Went back in for his recheck on his hyperthyroid, which is, after medication, at the high end of normal, but normal.
Archive 2007-06-01 cavalaxis 2007
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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis also called hyperthyroid hypokalemic periodic paralysis
NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011
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Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis also called hyperthyroid hypokalemic periodic paralysis
NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011
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While there is a very small chance that such a sleep problem could be caused by hyperthyroid, that is unlikely in Oprah's case because she is not losing weight.
NaturalNews.com 2009
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Men called her "hyperthyroid" or "the nervous type," depending on education and vocabulary, and most didn't try to keep up with her.
Lucifer's Hammer Niven, Larry 1977
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In less hyperthyroid terms, Mr. Hoberman explains that film fantasies of the period were not merely entertainments; they were illustrations of national hysteria about the Soviets flourishing atomic weapons and announcing global ambitions.
Films in Fraught Times Stefan Kanfer 2011
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After lab work confirmed her suspicions, I was diagnosed as hyperthyroid and have been receiving treatment.
Ask Amy 2010
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AS THE 1920s rolled forward, accompanied by the roar of hyperthyroid speedboat engines and punctuated by the rat-a-tat of the Thompson submachine gun during World War I it was called the “Trench Broom”; now it became known as the “Chicago Typewriter”, virtually the only good news for the party of enforcement came from an unlikely place: the United States Supreme Court.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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AS THE 1920s rolled forward, accompanied by the roar of hyperthyroid speedboat engines and punctuated by the rat-a-tat of the Thompson submachine gun during World War I it was called the “Trench Broom”; now it became known as the “Chicago Typewriter”, virtually the only good news for the party of enforcement came from an unlikely place: the United States Supreme Court.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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