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extrathyroidal

extrathyroidal adjective: outside of the thyroid.

Adjective

extrathyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the thyroid.
    • The ratio of serum free T3 (FT3) over free T4 (FT4) (FT3/FT4 ratio) may reflect the degree of extrathyroidal T4 to T3 conversion activity.2015 July 8, Yuji Oto et al., “The ratio of serum free triiodothyronine to free thyroxine in children: a retrospective database survey of healthy short individuals and patients with severe thyroid...

Origin of extrathyroidal

From extra- + thyroidal.

Questions about extrathyroidal

What does extrathyroidal mean?
Extrathyroidal means outside of the thyroid.
What part of speech is extrathyroidal?
Extrathyroidal is an adjective.

Words near extrathyroidal in the dictionary

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

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