🔄 Synonyms of "Thyroid"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thyroid glandnoun | (anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones. |
| thyroidal | (physiology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the thyroid. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| thyroidalnoun | (physiology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting the thyroid. |
| thyroid glandnoun | (anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones. |
| goitrenoun | (pathology, UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland. |
| acropachynoun | A medical condition characterized by subperiosteal formation of new bone, most commonly manifesting as clubbing of the fingers and toes with soft tissue swelling. |
| bladdernoun | (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder. |
| desiccated | dried |
| underactive | Less than normally active. |
| criconoun | — |
| thyroideal | (anatomy, archaic) thyroid |
| glandula thyroidea | — |
| thyroid body | — |
| thyreoidnoun | Alternative form of thyroid. [(medicine) An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.] |
| thyroideanoun | — |
| thyrohyoidnoun | (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyrohyoid muscle. [(anatomy) A small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.] |
| sternothyroidnoun | (anatomy) Ellipsis of sternothyroid muscle. [(anatomy) An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the body below the sternohyoid muscle that arises from the sternum and from the cartilage of the first and sometimes of the second ribs, inserts into the thyroid cartilage, and acts to draw the larynx downward by depressing the thyroid cartilage.] |
| thyropharyngealnoun | (anatomy) Of or relating to the thyropharyngeus. |
| thyroarytenoidnoun | (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroarytenoid muscle. [(anatomy) A broad, thin muscle that arises especially from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the arytenoid cartilage, and functions to relax and shorten the vocal cords by drawing the arytenoid cartilage forward and to narrow the rima glottidis by rotating the arytenoid cartilage inward causing the vocal cords to approach each other.] |
| theroid | Bestial, resembling an animal. |
| thyrocervical | (anatomy, relational) Relating to the thyroid and the neck. |
| thyromentalnoun | (anatomy) Relating to the thyroid cartilage and the chin. |
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