English
Etymology
Coined some time between 1900 and 1905 from hypo- (“under”) + thyroid + -ism.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhaɪpəˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/, /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθaɪɹɔɪˌdɪzəm/
Noun
hypothyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural hypothyroidisms)
- (pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]
- Synonyms: underactive thyroid, low thyroid
- Antonym: hyperthyroidism
- Hypernym: dysthyroidism
Translations
disease state
- Arabic: قُصُور اَلدَّرَقِيَّة m pl (quṣūr ad-daraqiyya)
- Catalan: hipotiroïdisme m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 甲狀腺功能減退症 / 甲状腺功能减退症 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì zhèng), 甲狀腺功能減退 / 甲状腺功能减退 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn gōngnéng jiǎntuì), 甲減 / 甲减 (jiǎjiǎn)
- Czech: hypotyreóza f
- Esperanto: hipotiroidismo
- Estonian: kilpnäärme alatalitlus, hüpotüreoos
- Finnish: kilpirauhasen vajaatoiminta
- French: hypothyroïdisme m
- German: Hypothyreose (de) f
- Greek: υποθυρεοειδισμός (el) m (ypothyreoeidismós)
- Hebrew: תת פעילות של בלוטת התריס (tat peilut shel balutat hatris)
- Hungarian: pajzsmirigy-alulműködés
- Irish: hipitíoróideacht f
- Italian: ipotiroidismo (it) m
- Japanese: 甲状腺機能低下症 (こうじょうせんきのうていかしょう, kōjōsen kinō teikashō)
- Korean: 갑상샘저하증 (gapsangsaemjeohajeung)
- Polish: niedoczynność tarczycy f
- Portuguese: hipotiroidismo m
- Russian: гипотирео́з (ru) m (gipotireóz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хипотироидизам m, хипотиреоза f
- Roman: hipotiroidizam m, hipotireoza (sh) f
- Spanish: hipotiroidismo m
- Swedish: hypotyreos (sv) c
- Vietnamese: sự giảm hoạt động của tuyến giáp
- Welsh: isthyroidedd m
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