hyperthyroidism

Other forms of hyperthyroidism

plural

hyperthyroidisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyperthyroidism

What does hyperthyroidism mean?

hyperthyroidism means "an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones".

How many syllables are in hyperthyroidism?

hyperthyroidism has 5 syllables and divides as hy-per-thy-roi-dism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hyperthyroidism?

Close synonyms include thyrotoxicosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of hyperthyroidism?

The recorded antonyms are hypothyroidism.

Is hyperthyroidism a common word?

hyperthyroidism 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.