(Certain events and circumstances can delay or âtollâ statutes of limitations, essentially lengthening the time period for bringing a claim.) Assume one person wants to sue another for assault and battery. Assume also that the statute of limitations for assault and battery is two years.
In some ways the Jod-Basedow phenomenon is the opposite of the Wolff-Chaikoff effect, which refers to the short period of thyroid-hormone suppression which happens in normal persons and in persons with thyroid disease, when comparatively large quantities of iodine or iodide are ingested.
Wolff-Chaikoff effect. Endocrinology An acute adaptive response to high doses of iodineââ intracellular iodide blocks the organic-binding and coupling reactions in the thyroid, functionally turning off the thyroid; the WCE used to prepare the thyroid for surgery. See Hyperthyroidism.