hyperthyroid
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪpərˈθaɪrɔɪd/
- Specialized
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- Cyberspace, with its willful and hyperthyroid child the Internet, its worldwide social reach, and the virtual reality of games, military simulations, fiction, and fact, brings its own curious lexicon.
- hyperthyroid Graves' disease
Examples
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Low doses of cholestyramine were effective and well-tolerated adjunctive agents in the treatment of hyperthyroid Graves' disease.
Academic text (2016) -
Kaykhaei et al. (2008): Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 45 patients with newly diagnosed hyperthyroid Graves' disease.
Academic text (2016) -
The sample was small, particularly for the hyperthyroid and euthyroid categories.
Academic text (2008) -
She said, I know foods for hypo and hyperthyroid differ.
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An elevation of serum immunoglobulin E provides a new aspect of hyperthyroid Graves' disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85(8):2775-8.
Academic text (2008) -
"Torrents of babble about her cuteness, prettiness, even beauty did not keep that word from streaming out of her long Trowbridge jaw, large nostrils, hyperthyroid shoeblack eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The slightly hyperthyroid hostess put all her captive guests through all the ingenious tortures that an all-night party can inflict, winding up the program with scrambled eggs at seven.
Fiction book (1995) -
The doctor diagnosed her as hyperthyroid after observing her symptoms of anxiety and weight loss.
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People with a hyperthyroid condition often experience increased heart rate and excessive sweating.
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My sister was recently found to be hyperthyroid, which explained her sudden weight loss and jitters.
Synonyms
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8.8
Having too much thyroid hormone in the body
Antonyms
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hyperthyroid comes from hyper- meaning 'too much' and thyroid meaning the gland in the neck that makes hormones, so it literally means the thyroid is 'overactive'.