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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones;
[syn: hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thyrotoxicosis n 1: an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones [syn: hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis] [ant: hypothyroidism]