antithyroid
antithyroid adjective: reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
Adjective
antithyroid (not comparable)
- Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
- A RECENT report by Anderson et al. on the antithyroid activity of a series of alkyl derivatives of thiouracil shows that peak activity is reached at the n-propyl compound.1946 May 18, E. M. Bavin, D. A. Goodchild, “Antithyroid Activity of Thiouracil Derivatives”, in Nature, 157, 659-660
- Postmortem histological examination of the thyroid gland and measurement of serum antithyroid antibodies were performed in 70 patients without overt thyroid disease.1978, H. Yoshida et al., “Association of serum antithyroid antibodies with lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland: studies of seventy autopsied cases”, in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
- Synonyms:
- thyrostatic
antithyroid meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
antithyroid in Tamil
- தைராய்டு எதிர்ப்பு
antithyroid in Indonesian
- reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones
- antitiroid
Synonyms of antithyroid
Origin of antithyroid
Coined in 1908 from anti- + thyroid.
Questions about antithyroid
- What does antithyroid mean?
- Antithyroid means reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
- What is antithyroid in Tamil?
- Antithyroid in Tamil is தைராய்டு எதிர்ப்பு. See Antithyroid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antithyroid?
- Antithyroid is an adjective.
Words near antithyroid in the dictionary
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