thyroidism

English

Etymology

From thyroid +‎ -ism.

Noun

thyroidism (countable and uncountable, plural thyroidisms)

  1. (medicine, dated, uncommon) A disorder of the thyroid gland.
    • 1923, Burton E. Hamilton, MD, “Thyroidism Complicated By Heart Failure”, in Journal of the American Medical Association‎[1], volume 80, number 24, page 1773:
      CASE 5 - A woman, aged 50, who is known to have had thyroidism for several years, journeyed from one physician to another, because she was not cooperative.
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