Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The aggregate of symptoms —rapid pulse, insomnia, headache, etc. —following an overdose of thyroid extract, or produced by overaction of the thyroid gland.
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Examples
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I was later diagnosed with hypo-thyroidism from the same test results.
Archive 2009-06-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009
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I was later diagnosed with hypo-thyroidism from the same test results.
My specialist referral: blamed for my own death. Will ANYONE be 'responsible?' Elizabeth McClung 2009
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She had health issues over the years like hyper thyroidism and colitis, which kept her thin.
April Something, 1983 Holly 2009
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She had health issues over the years like hyper thyroidism and colitis, which kept her thin.
Archive 2009-04-01 Holly 2009
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Induced hyper-thyroidism produces huge brown eyes that'll melt your heart, and thanks to the accidental coupling of her pigment gene with a highly mutagenic retrovirus (whoops!)
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And that ` s why I think it ` s so terrific she came clean about her hyper thyroidism and what resulted from that with her weight and fatigue.
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On October 16th she admitted on her show she has a serious medical condition called hyper thyroidism.
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Last year was the first year the VA ever ran labs on me, and I was diagnosed with hypo-thyroidism.
The quack science of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Institute of Medicine 2006
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It is kind of funny that the literature says only 1 in 1000 males get hypo-thyroidism.
The quack science of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Institute of Medicine 2006
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They are observing cases of thyroidism, or hypothyroidism that could arise, or congenital malformations, and other things.
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