Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolff-chaikoff effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wolf-f-chaikof-f -ef-fect
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Wolff-Chaikoff effects (plural)

Questions

What does wolff-chaikoff effect mean?: A reduction in thyroid hormone levels caused by ingestion of a large amount of iodine.
Where does wolff-chaikoff effect come from?: Discovered by Drs. Jan Wolff and Israel Lyon Chaikoff at the University of California in the 1940s.

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