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thyrotoxin (medicine) and Chlor-trimeton (health)


thyrotoxin (medicine)


thyrotoxin


1. A hypothetical substance formerly believed to be an abnormal product of diffusely hyperplastic thyroid glands in persons with Graves' disease, and presumed to be the cause of the distinctive signs and symptoms of that condition (in contrast to simple hyperthyroidism).

2. A complement-fixing antigenic factor associated with certain diseases of the thyroid gland.

See: thyrotoxic complement-fixation factor.

3. Rarely used term referring to any material toxic to thyroidal tissue.


Chlor-trimeton (health)


Chlor-trimeton is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): chlorpheniramine maleate.