Definition of "thyroiditis" [thyroiditis]

• Inflammation of the thyroid gland. (noun)

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• "The 21-year-old decided to skip his senior year even after he missed a chunk of last season due to a condition called thyroiditis, a viral infection that caused his thyroid gland to overproduce hormones."
• "In general, women have a higher chance of developing immune-mediated diseases, such as thyroiditis and rheumatoid arthritis."
• "Doing it even once is likely to make real trouble for anyone with Hashimoto's thyroiditis 3."