Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The thyroid gland.
- noun The thyroid cartilage.
- noun A dried, powdered preparation of the thyroid gland of certain domestic animals, used in treatment of hypothyroid conditions.
- noun An artery, vein, nerve, or other part associated with the thyroid gland or thyroid cartilage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shield-shaped.
- Superior, a branch of the external carotid, distributed to the sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid muscles and the thyroid body, and giving off the hyoid, sternomastoid, laryngeal, and cricothyroid branches.
- Inferior, a branch of the thyroid axis, passing beneath the great cervical vessels to be distributed to the lower part of the thyroid body, to the scalenus anticus, longus colli, inferior constrictor, and the infrahyoid muscles, and giving off the ascending cervical, inferior laryngeal, tracheal, and esophageal branches.
- noun The thyroid cartilage.
- noun The thyroid gland.
- noun A thyroid artery, vein, or nerve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.
- adjective See under
Larynx . - adjective (Anat.) an endocrine gland having two lobes, located in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx, which secretes two hormones (thyroxine and triiodothyronine) that regulate the rates of growth and metabloism. In man and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of the trachea. Cases of hypothyroidism, where the gland is insufficiently active, can be treated by administration of thyroxine or a combination of thyroxine and triiodothyronine.
- adjective (Surg.) dislocation of the thigh bone into the thyroid foramen.
- adjective the obturator foramen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
thyroid gland . - noun The
thyroid cartilage . - noun A preparation obtained from the thyroid gland.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun located near the base of the neck
- adjective of or relating to the thyroid gland
- adjective suggestive of a thyroid disorder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And at that time he said because of her pre-existing medical condition, which he described as a thyroid condition, that he would not do the surgery unless there was some medical clearance.
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The drops are used to protect your child's thyroid from the radioactive portion of the medicine we inject during the study.
I-123 MIBG Scan 2010
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The drops are used to protect your child's thyroid from the radioactive portion of the medicine we inject during the study.
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Now 3 babies and 7 years later my thyroid is nearly burned out and I take a thyroid supplement every morning.
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Upon return to the Nuclear Medicine Department 2 to 4 hours later, a measurement of the thyroid is taken using a special probe placed on your child's neck.
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Blood tests will show the doctor how well the thyroid is working.
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"Yes, there can be abnormalities of testosterone measurement in thyroid hormone disease and replacement (drug) therapy," Duick said.
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If you do, you may need to start taking long-term thyroid hormone replacement therapy, and you will need to see your doctor regularly to monitor the levels of thyroid hormones in your blood.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Through Kocher's exposition it became quite clear that complete extirpation of the thyroid is reprehensible.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909 - Presentation Speech 1967
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When the amount of thyroid hormone in your blood drops, the pituitary gland secretes a hormone called thyroid-stimulating hormone
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