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Wolff-Chaikoff effect

Wolff-Chaikoff effect noun: a reduction in thyroid hormone levels caused by ingestion of a large amount of iodine.

Noun

Wolff-Chaikoff effect (plural Wolff-Chaikoff effects)

  1. A reduction in thyroid hormone levels caused by ingestion of a large amount of iodine.

Forms of Wolff-Chaikoff effect

pluralWolff-Chaikoff effects

Origin of Wolff-Chaikoff effect

Discovered by Drs. Jan Wolff and Israel Lyon Chaikoff at the University of California in the 1940s.

Questions about Wolff-Chaikoff effect

What does Wolff-Chaikoff effect mean?
Wolff-Chaikoff effect means a reduction in thyroid hormone levels caused by ingestion of a large amount of iodine.
What part of speech is Wolff-Chaikoff effect?
Wolff-Chaikoff effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Wolff-Chaikoff effect?
The plural of Wolff-Chaikoff effect is Wolff-Chaikoff effects.

Words near Wolff-Chaikoff effect in the dictionary

  1. wolfesses
  2. Wolff
  3. Wolff rearrangement
  4. Wolff rearrangements
  5. Wolff's law
  6. Wolff-Chaikoff effect
  7. Wolff-Chaikoff effects
  8. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
  9. Wolffe
  10. wolffian
  11. Wolffian bodies

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