Associations to the word «Thyrotoxicosis»

Wiktionary

THYROTOXICOSIS, noun. (medicine) The medical condition caused by the state of raised levels of thyroid hormone.

Dictionary definition

THYROTOXICOSIS, noun. An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats