antithyroid

See also: anti-thyroid

English

Etymology

Coined in 1908 from anti- +‎ thyroid.

Adjective

antithyroid (not comparable)

1. (biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
   • 1946 May 18, E. M. Bavin, D. A. Goodchild, “Antithyroid Activity of Thiouracil Derivatives”, in Nature, 157, 659-660:

     A RECENT report by Anderson et al. on the antithyroid activity of a series of alkyl derivatives of thiouracil shows that peak activity is reached at the n-propyl compound.

   • 1978, H. Yoshida et al., “Association of serum antithyroid antibodies with lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland: studies of seventy autopsied cases”, in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 46(6):859-862:

     Postmortem histological examination of the thyroid gland and measurement of serum antithyroid antibodies were performed in 70 patients without overt thyroid disease.

   • 2005 March, D. S. Cooper, “Antithyroid Drugs”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, 352(9):905-917:

     Antithyroid drugs, which have been in use for more than half a century, remain cornerstones in the management of hyperthyroidism, especially for patients with Graves' disease.

   • 2005, The American Thyroid Association, "Hyperthyroidism",

     Drugs known as antithyroid agents—methimazole (Tapazole®) or propylthiouracil (PTU)—may be prescribed if your doctor chooses to treat the hyperthyroidism by blocking the thyroid gland’s ability to make new thyroid hormone.

Synonyms

• thyrostatic

Translations

reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones

• Italian: antitiroideo (it)
• Portuguese: antitireoide
• Spanish: antitiroideos