hashimoto's disease

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   autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women

   Broaderautoimmune disease

Questions about hashimoto's disease

What does hashimoto's disease mean?

hashimoto's disease means "autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women".

Is hashimoto's disease a common word?

hashimoto's disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.