English Explanatory Dictionary

Jod-Basedow phenomenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. hyperthyroidism following administration of iodine or iodide

Word forms

Jod-Basedow phenomenon the Jod-Basedow phenomenon

Etymology

From German Jod (“iodine”) and the name of Karl Adolph von Basedow, German physician who first described the effect.

Synonyms

Jod-Basedow effect
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