Definition of Thyrotoxic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism.

Partainyms: Thyrotoxicosis

Medical Definition of Thyrotoxic

1. Denoting thyrotoxicosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyrotoxic

thyroparathyroidectomy
thyropathy
thyroperoxidase
thyropharyngeal
thyropharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
thyroplasties
thyroplasty
thyroprival
thyroprivia
thyroprivic
thyroprotein
thyroptosis
thyrostatic
thyrotomies
thyrotomy
thyrotoxic (current term)
thyrotoxic coma
thyrotoxic complement-fixation factor
thyrotoxic crisis
thyrotoxic encephalopathy
thyrotoxic heart disease
thyrotoxic myopathy
thyrotoxic serum
thyrotoxicity
thyrotoxicoses
thyrotoxicosis
thyrotoxicotic
thyrotoxin
thyrotoxins
thyrotroph

Literary usage of Thyrotoxic

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

1. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"The latter ones are, as a rule, not of thyrotoxic origin. ... The bloodvessels in thyrotoxic goiter are exceedingly thin and friable. ..."

2. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1918)
"Part of the thyrotoxic Symptoms May be of Anaphylactic Origin. ... Indeed, the thyrotoxic thyroid albuminous substances may very well be enough modified so ..."

3. Diseases of the Thyroid Gland by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler, Victor Ernest Chesky (1922)
"These are usually seen in patients in whom extreme nervousness antedates the development of the thyrotoxic state. I have never observed it in the true ..."

4. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean (2005)
"... Treatment for thyrotoxic heart disease • Start the anti-stress diet (see Diet chapter). • Breathing exercises (see Breath chapter and Respiratory ..."

5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1917)
"The thyrotoxic patient has no definite tremor, though there is often nervousness ... In most instances a person suffering from a thyrotoxic goiter has more ..."

6. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"Portis found that the exhibition of thyrotoxic serum was followed by degeneration, not of the thyroid only, but of the liver, spleen and kidneys. ..."

7. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1912)
"Hysterical temperature may be differentiated from thyrotoxic temperature by the following three main factors, viz.: Hysterical fever does not, as a rule, ..."

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