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HYPERTHYROIDISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones
Synonyms:
hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hyperthyroidism" is a kind of...):
adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)
Meronyms (parts of "hyperthyroidism"):
exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyeball from the socket)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperthyroidism"):
exophthalmic goiter; Graves' disease (exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs)
Antonym:
hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)
Context examples:
Also called hyperthyroidism.
(Overactive thyroid, NCI Dictionary)
To diagnose hyperthyroidism, your doctor will look at your symptoms, blood tests, and sometimes a thyroid scan.
(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The new findings are from a long-term follow-up study of a large cohort of people with hyperthyroidism (mainly Graves’ disease) who were treated with radiation between 1946 and 1964, the Cooperative Thyrotoxicosis Therapy Follow-up Study.
(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)
This is called hyperthyroidism.
(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
RAI, which has been used widely in the United States for the treatment of hyperthyroidism since the 1940s, is one of three commonly used treatments for hyperthyroidism.
(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers wrote that additional research is needed to more comprehensively assess the risk–benefit ratio of radiation versus other available treatment options for hyperthyroidism.
(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)
Based on these findings, the researchers estimated that for every 1,000 patients aged 40 years with hyperthyroidism who were treated with the radiation doses typical of current treatment, a lifetime excess of 19 to 32 radiation-attributable solid cancer deaths would be expected.
(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)
We identified a clear dose–response relationship between this widely used treatment and long-term risk of death from solid cancer, including breast cancer, in the largest cohort study to date of patients treated for hyperthyroidism, said Cari Kitahara, Ph.D., of NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, lead author of the study . We estimated that for every 1,000 patients treated currently using a standard range of doses, about 20 to 30 additional solid cancer deaths would occur as a result of the radiation exposure.
(Long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism, National Institutes of Health)
