thyroid

• thyreoid

Borrowed from New Latin thyreoīdēs, from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θῠρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹɔɪd

thyroid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

      a thyroid personality

thyroid (plural thyroids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid cartilage..
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid gland..
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   1. (medicine) An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.

• “thyroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “thyroid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Hydriot