NEET Biology question

Toxic agents, present in food which interfere with thyroxine synthesis, lead to development of

(A)Toxic goitre
(B)Cretinism
(C)Simple goitreCorrect
(D)Thyrotoxicosis

Answer: (C)

Solution

Toxic goitre and thyrotoxicosis both describe hyperthyroid states (excess hormone), which is the opposite of what impaired hormone synthesis would cause; cretinism specifically refers to hypothyroidism arising in infancy.

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