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thyroid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thyroid  \Thy"roid\,  a.  [Gr.  ?  shield-shaped;  ?  a  large  oblong 
  shield  (from  ?  a  door)  +  ?  form:  cf  F.  thyro["i]de, 
  thyr['e]o["i]de.] 
  1.  Shaped  like  an  oblong  shield;  shield-shaped;  as  the 
  thyroid  cartilage. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  thyroid  body,  thyroid 
  cartilage,  or  thyroid  artery;  thyroideal. 
 
  {Thyroid  cartilage}.  See  under  {Larynx}. 
 
  {Thyroid  body},  or  {Thyroid  gland}  (Anat.),  a  glandlike  but 
  ductless  body,  or  pair  of  bodies,  of  unknown  function,  in 
  the  floor  of  the  mouth  or  the  region  of  the  larynx.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thyroid 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  the  thyroid  gland;  "thyroid  deficiency"; 
  "thyroidal  uptake"  [syn:  {thyroidal}] 
  2:  suggestive  of  a  thyroid  disorder;  "thyroid  personality" 
  n  :  located  near  the  base  of  the  neck  [syn:  {thyroid  gland}] 




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