antithyroid
See also: anti-thyroid
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 1908[1] from anti- + thyroid.
Adjective edit
antithyroid (not comparable)
- (biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
- 1946 May 18, E. M. Bavin, D. A. Goodchild, “Antithyroid Activity of Thiouracil Derivatives”, in Nature, 157, 659-660:
- 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.
- 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 and Metabolism, 46(6):859-862:
- Postmortem histological examination of the thyroid gland and measurement of serum antithyroid antibodies were performed in 70 patients without overt thyroid disease.
- 2005 March, D. S. Cooper, “Antithyroid Drugs”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, 352(9):905-917:
- Antithyroid drugs, which have been in use for more than half a century, remain cornerstones in the management of hyperthyroidism, especially for patients with Graves' disease.
- 2005, The American Thyroid Association, "Hyperthyroidism",
- Drugs known as antithyroid agents—methimazole (Tapazole®) or propylthiouracil (PTU)—may be prescribed if your doctor chooses to treat the hyperthyroidism by blocking the thyroid gland’s ability to make new thyroid hormone.
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reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones
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