Definition of Hypothyroid

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to hypothyroidism ¹

2. Adjective. Having hypothyroidism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypothyroid

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypothyroid

1. Deficiency of thyroid hormone. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypothyroid

hypothetical imperative
hypothetical mean organism
hypothetical mean strain
hypothetical taxonomic unit
hypothetically
hypotheticals
hypothetick
hypothetist
hypothetists
hypothrombinaemia
hypothrombinemia
hypothromboplastinaemia
hypothymia
hypothymic
hypothymism
hypothyroid (current term)
hypothyroid dwarf
hypothyroid dwarfism
hypothyroid infantilism
hypothyroidisms
hypothyroxinaemia
hypotonia
hypotonias
hypotonic
hypotonic solution
hypotonic solutions
hypotonicities
hypotonicity
hypotonus

Literary usage of Hypothyroid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"Mild and Mixed hypothyroid States.—Under the general title of abortive or mild hypothyroidism may be grouped a very large number of individuals, ..."

2. Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure by National Research Council (U.S.) (2005)
"No reports of an increase in hypothyroid rates in children who received x ray therapy for other than thyroid conditions (tinea capitis, thymic enlargement, ..."

3. The Thyroid Gland by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, George Washington Crile (1922)
"Then, under a red light, 1 cc of hydrochinon (^ per cent.) solution is added to each tube. The sera from hypothyroid cases is the first to assume a ..."

4. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1917)
"In the simple hypothyroid type ... After eliminating Graves's disease, we can approach the medicinal treatment of the hypothyroid type with a feeling of ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"These results indicate that correction of the hypothyroid status of ob/ob mice with pharmacological doses of T4 improved the in vitro lipolytic response of ..."

6. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"In the hypothyroid rats, the enzymatic induction is impaired up to 32 days; at 52 days the induction is similar in both groups of animals. ..."

7. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"With a defective endocrine secretory function postulated, it becomes evident how hypothyroid and toxic symptoms may be discovered concomitantly. ..."

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