antithyroid

1. 1.

   having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity

   “antithyroid drugs”

Questions about antithyroid

What does antithyroid mean?

antithyroid means "having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity".

How many syllables are in antithyroid?

antithyroid has 4 syllables: an-ti-thy-roid. The stress falls on "ti".

Is antithyroid a common word?

antithyroid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.