TACITUS

See also: tacitus and Tacitus

English

Noun

TACITUS (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Acronym of Thyroid Allostasis in Critical Illness, Tumours, Uraemia and Starvation.

Hyponyms

• euthyroid sick syndrome
• non-thyroidal illness Syndrome, NTIS
• low-T3 syndrome

References

1. Dietrich JW, Landgrafe G, Fotiadou EH. TSH and Thyrotropic Agonists: Key Actors in Thyroid Homeostasis. J Thyroid Res. 2012;2012:351864. doi: 10.1155/2012/351864. PMID 23365787; PMCID PMC3544290.
2. Dietrich JW, Müller P, Schiedat F, Schlömicher M, Strauch J, Chatzitomaris A, Klein HH, Mügge A, Köhrle J, Rijntjes E, Lehmphul I. Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome in Cardiac Illness Involves Elevated Concentrations of 3,5-Diiodothyronine and Correlates with Atrial Remodeling. Eur Thyroid J. 2015 Jun;4(2):129-37. doi: 10.1159/000381543. PMID 26279999; PMCID PMC4521060.
3. Scimplified: To treat or not to treat – A rediscovered thyroid hormone could be the key to an old controversy. Retrieved 20170327.
4. Chatzitomaris A, Hoermann R, Midgley JE, Hering S, Urban A, Dietrich B, Abood A, Klein HH, Dietrich JW. Thyroid Allostasis-Adaptive Responses of Thyrotropic Feedback Control to Conditions of Strain, Stress, and Developmental Programming. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017 Jul 20;8:163. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00163. PMID 28775711; PMCID PMC5517413.

Anagrams

• Atticus, catsuit