hypothyroidism

English

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Etymology

Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from the prefix "hypo-" (meaning "under), the word "thyroid," and the suffix "-ism" (meaning "a system of").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪrɔɪˌdɪzəm/

Noun

hypothyroidism (uncountable)

1. (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland.

Translations

disease state

• Arabic: قصور الدرقية (ar) (quṣūr al-daraqíyya) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲狀腺功能減退症 (cmn), 甲状腺功能减退症 (cmn) (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì zhèng), 甲狀腺功能減退 (cmn), 甲状腺功能减退 (cmn) (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì), 甲減 (cmn), 甲减 (cmn) (jiǎjiǎn)

• Czech: hypotyreóza (cs) f
• Estonian: kilpnäärme alatalitlus (et), hüpotüreoos (et)
• Finnish: kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminta (fi)
• French: hypothyroïdisme (fr) m
• German: Hypothyreose (de) f
• Greek: υποθυρεοειδισμός (el) (ypothyreoeidismós) m
• Hebrew: תת פעילות של בלוטת התריס (he) (tat peilut shel balutat hatris)
• Hungarian: pajzsmirigy-alulműködés (hu)

• Irish: hipitíoróideacht (ga) f
• Italian: ipotiroidismo (it) m
• Japanese: 甲状腺機能低下症 (ja) (こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう, kōjōsen kinō teikashō)
• Polish: niedoczynność tarczycy (pl) f
• Portuguese: hipotiroidismo (pt) m
• Russian: гипотиреоз (ru) (gipotireóz) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хипотироидизам (sh) m, хипотиреоза (sh) f

  Roman: hipotiroidizam (sh) m, hipotireoza (sh) f

• Spanish: hipotiroidismo (es) m
• Vietnamese: sự giảm hoạt động của tuyến giáp (vi)