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まんせいこうじょうせんえん 慢性甲状腺炎
Noun
1. chronic thyroiditis; Hashimoto's diseaseMedicine
Wikipedia definition
2. Hashimoto's thyroiditisHashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is attacked by a variety of cell- and antibody-mediated immune processes. It was the first disease to be recognized as an autoimmune disease. It was first described by the Japanese specialist Hakaru Hashimoto in Germany in 1912.
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