thyrotoxic

1. 1.

   of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism

Questions about thyrotoxic

What does thyrotoxic mean?

thyrotoxic means "of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism".

How many syllables are in thyrotoxic?

thyrotoxic has 4 syllables and divides as thy-ro-tox-ic 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.

Is thyrotoxic a common word?

thyrotoxic 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.