Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The thyroid gland.
- n. The thyroid cartilage.
- n. A dried, powdered preparation of the thyroid gland of certain domestic animals, used in treatment of hypothyroid conditions.
- n. An artery, a vein, a nerve, or another part associated with the thyroid gland or thyroid cartilage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Shield-shaped. Specifically— In anatomy, noting the largest and principal one of the several cartilages of the larynx, and several associated parts; also, noting the obturator foramen and obturator membrane.
- 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.
- n. The thyroid cartilage.
- n. The thyroid gland.
- n. A thyroid artery, vein, or nerve.
Wiktionary
- n. The thyroid gland.
- n. The thyroid cartilage.
- n. A preparation obtained from the thyroid gland.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.
WordNet 3.0
- n. located near the base of the neck
- adj. of or relating to the thyroid gland
- adj. suggestive of a thyroid disorder
Etymologies
- Greek thureoeidēs : thureos, oblong shield (from thurā, door; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots) + -oeidēs, -oid.
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“The drops are used to protect your child's thyroid from the radioactive portion of the medicine we inject during the study.”
“Now 3 babies and 7 years later my thyroid is nearly burned out and I take a thyroid supplement every morning.”
“Blood tests will show the doctor how well the thyroid is working.”
“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.”
“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
“When the amount of thyroid hormone in your blood drops, the pituitary gland secretes a hormone called thyroid-stimulating hormone”
“The thyroid is a small gland at the bottom of the neck and makes hormones to control the body's metabolism.”
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