athyreosis

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪˌθaɪɹiˈəʊsɪs/

Noun

athyreosis (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, pathology) Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
    • 2015 July 8, Yuji Oto et al., “The ratio of serum free triiodothyronine to free thyroxine in children: a retrospective database survey of healthy short individuals and patients with severe thyroid hypoplasia or central hypothyroidism”, in Thyroid Research, volume 8, →DOI:
      Next, we searched for patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to athyreosis or severe thyroid hypoplasia (designated as ‘A/Hypoplasia’).