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extrathyroid

extrathyroid adjective: outside of the thyroid gland.

Adjective

extrathyroid (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the thyroid gland
    • In conclusion, initial surgery approach, tumor size, extrathyroid invasion, lymph node metastases, and pathological type may be related to PTC recurrence.2015 July 14, Jian Zhu et al., “Clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid cancer”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI

Origin of extrathyroid

From extra- + thyroid.

Words that rhyme with extrathyroid

Questions about extrathyroid

What does extrathyroid mean?
Extrathyroid means outside of the thyroid gland.
What part of speech is extrathyroid?
Extrathyroid is an adjective.

Words near extrathyroid in the dictionary

  1. extratherapeutic
  2. extrathermodynamic
  3. extrathoracic
  4. extrathymic
  5. extrathymically
  6. extrathyroid
  7. extrathyroidal
  8. extratidal
  9. extratone
  10. extratracheal
  11. extratranscriptomic

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