athyreosis

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/eɪˌθaɪɹiˈəʊsɪs/

noun

Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.

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Meanings

nounathyreosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAbsence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.

    Next, we searched for patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to athyreosis or severe thyroid hypoplasia (designated as ‘A/Hypoplasia’).

    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
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