Meanings
adjectiveathyreotic (comparative more athyreotic, superlative most athyreotic)
comparative more athyreotic · superlative most athyreotic
- medicineExhibiting athyreosis.
Ito et al. explained the pathophysiology of decreased FT3 levels in their athyreotic adult patients as follows [ 8 ]: First, TSH secreting cells have T3 in their cytoplasm transported directly from the circulation.
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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