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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An autoimmune disorder marked by goiter, chronic inflammation of the thyroid, and often hypothyroidism.
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- noun autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Hakaru Hashimoto, (1881–1934), Japanese physician.]
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