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perithyroidal

perithyroidal adjective: surrounding a thyroid gland.

Adjective

perithyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a thyroid gland
    • Risk factors of SMLN metastasis as identified in previous studies are contralateral lateral neck LN metastasis, central lymph node (CLN) metastasis, extensive CLN metastasis, contralateral CLN metastasis, direct extension to SMLN, grossly perithyroidal extension (PTE), medullary or poorly...2016 February 6, “Predictive Factors of Superior Mediastinal Nodal Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma—A Prospective Observational Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of perithyroidal

From peri- + thyroidal.

Questions about perithyroidal

What does perithyroidal mean?
Perithyroidal means surrounding a thyroid gland.
What part of speech is perithyroidal?
Perithyroidal is an adjective.

Words near perithyroidal in the dictionary

  1. peritherapeutically
  2. perithoracic
  3. perithreshold
  4. perithresholds
  5. perithymic
  6. perithyroidal
  7. periti
  8. peritidal
  9. peritidally
  10. peritomies
  11. peritomize

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