English Explanatory Dictionary

Wolff-Chaikoff effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reduction in thyroid hormone levels caused by ingestion of a large amount of iodine.

Word forms

Wolff-Chaikoff effect Wolff-Chaikoff effects

Etymology

Discovered by Drs. Jan Wolff and Israel Lyon Chaikoff at the University of California in the 1940s.

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