HYPERTHYROIDISM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperthyroidism mean? 

• HYPERTHYROIDISM (noun)
  The noun HYPERTHYROIDISM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HYPERTHYROIDISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERTHYROIDISM (noun)

Meaning:

An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis

Hypernyms ("hyperthyroidism" is a kind of...):

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "hyperthyroidism"):

exophthalmos (protrusion of the eyeball from the socket)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperthyroidism"):

exophthalmic goiter; Graves' disease (exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs)

Antonym:

hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)