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ˌhypoparaˈthyroidism Med. [f. hypo- + parathyroid + -ism.] A condition in which there is an abnormally low level of parathyroid hormone in the blood, resulting in hypocalcæmia and hyperphosphatæmia with consequent tetany and other signs of neuro-muscular excitability.
1910Ochsner & Thompson Surg. & Path. Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands xx. 345 In a patient suffering greatly from subtetanic hypoparathyroidism..tetany has for two years been averted. 1938Smith & Gault Ess. Path. lx. 746/1 The relationship of tetany to hypoparathyroidism is dependent primarily upon a drop in blood calcium. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxii. 1126/1 The commonest cause of hypoparathyroidism is, of course, accidental removal of the glands during thyroidectomy. 1970Med. Ann. 199 The tragedy of hypoparathyroidism lies in the lifelong burden of its control. Hence ˌhypoparaˈthyroid a., of, resulting from, or having hypoparathyroidism.
1910Ochsner & Thompson Surg. & Path. Thyroid & Parathyroid Glands xii. 205 To the internist the question of a hypoparathyroid etiology in the various tetanies became of interest. 1950Cope & Hamlin in S. Soskin Progr. Clin. Endocrinol. ii. 110 Following operative correction of hyperparathyroidism, patients may have chronic tetany of continued hypoparathyroid origin. 1970C. N. Graymore Biochem. Eye iv. 309 Lens lesions indistinguishable from hypoparathyroid cataract. |