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What does hypothyroidism mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]
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Maternal overtreatment with antithyroid drugs can induce fetal goitrous hypothyroidism.
A review of 15 cases of fetal goitrous hypothyroidism in the English literature is presented.
This congenital hypothyroidism, unlike the neurological cretin, is amenable to treatment with thyroid hormones.
Ten respondents reported thyrotoxicosis before hypothyroidism, and 4 reported hypothyroidism before thyrotoxicosis.
Rule out other causes such as claudication, disk disease, hypothyroidism, and myositis.
Nevertheless, for women suffering from hypothyroidism, this would be about five to seven servings too many.

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