Ha·shi·mo·to \hä-shē-mō-tō\ Hakaru (1881–1934), Japanese surgeon. Hashimoto published his description of chronic thyroiditis in 1912.
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis
noun Ha·shi·mo·to's thyroiditis
Medical Definition of HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS
: a chronic autoimmune thyroiditis that is characterized by thyroid enlargement, thyroid fibrosis, lymphatic infiltration of thyroid tissue, and the production of antibodies which attack the thyroid and that occurs much more often in women than men and increases in frequency of occurrence with age—called also Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto's struma, struma lymphomatosa
Biographical Note for HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS
Variants of HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS
Ha·shi·mo·to's thyroiditis also Hashimoto thyroiditis \ˌhä-shē-ˈmō-(ˌ)tō(z)-\
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