different between thyroid vs hypothyroidism

English

Alternative forms

• thyreoid

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin thyreo?d?s, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (thureoeid?s, “shield-shaped”), from ?????? (thureós, “oblong shield”) +? -????? (-eid?s, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.???d/
• Rhymes: -a????d

Adjective

thyroid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

thyroid (plural thyroids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid gland.
   1. (medicine) An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.

Derived terms

References

• “thyroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “thyroid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) +? thyroid +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?p???a?????d?z?m/, /?ha?p????a?r???d?z?m/

Noun

hypothyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural hypothyroidisms)

1. (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]

   Synonyms: underactive thyroid, low thyroid

   Antonym: hyperthyroidism

   Hypernym: dysthyroidism

Related terms

• hypothyroidic

Translations

See also

• cretinism

References

Further reading

• hypothyroidism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia