Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any substance (like thiouracil or thiourea) that induces the formation of a goiter.
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- noun any agent that causes
goiter , such asthiouracil
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- noun any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter
Etymologies
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The word “goitrogen” was coined some time between 1945 and 1950. Its parts include “goitr” (from “goiter”), the connective “-o-,” and the suffix “-gen,” meaning “that which produces.”
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Examples
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She was diagnosed with myxedemic coma and goitrogen-induced hypothyroidism.
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I weighed this along with the fact that soy is widely believed to be a thyroid hormone inhibitor goitrogen, which most people don’t need.
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I weighed this along with the fact that soy is widely believed to be a thyroid hormone inhibitor goitrogen, which most people don’t need.
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