Endocrine
hyperthyroidism
hy-per-THY-royd-izm
StatusNew
Definition
Overactivity of the thyroid gland
PathologyEndocrine
Breakdown
Prefix
hyper-
excessive
Root
thyroid/o
thyroid
Suffix
-ism
condition
Etymology
Greek: hyper- (excessive) + thyroid/o (thyroid) + -ism (condition)
Practice
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