athyreosis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˌθaɪɹiˈəʊsɪs/

Noun

athyreosis (uncountable)

1. (medicine, pathology) Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
   • 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^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     Next, we searched for patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to athyreosis or severe thyroid hypoplasia (designated as ‘A/Hypoplasia’).

Related terms

• athyreotic