endemic goiter
MONDO:0006742Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names endemic goiter yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Thyroid gland enlargement caused by inadequate dietary iodine intake. It occurs in areas in which the soil lacks iodine compounds or there is low seafood consumption.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006742), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: endemic goiter
- Also called
- iodine-deficiency-related endemic goitersimple goiter