thyroid
(thī′royd″)
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[thyro- + -oid]
1. The thyroid gland.
SEE: thyroid gland
2. The cleaned, dried, and powdered thyroid gland of animals; thyroid extract. Thyroid extract, because of its unpredictable potency, is used only rarely to treat hypothyroidism and goiter.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Thyroid." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765203/all/thyroid.
Thyroid. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765203/all/thyroid. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Thyroid. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765203/all/thyroid
Thyroid [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/765203/all/thyroid.
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