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thyrocyte

thyrocyte noun: a thyroid epithelial cell.

Noun

thyrocyte (plural thyrocytes)

  1. A thyroid epithelial cell

Forms of thyrocyte

pluralthyrocytes

Origin of thyrocyte

From thyro- + -cyte.

Words formed from thyrocyte

Questions about thyrocyte

What does thyrocyte mean?
Thyrocyte means a thyroid epithelial cell.
What part of speech is thyrocyte?
Thyrocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of thyrocyte?
The plural of thyrocyte is thyrocytes.

Words near thyrocyte in the dictionary

  1. thyrocardiac
  2. thyrocervical
  3. thyrocervical trunk
  4. thyrocervical trunks
  5. thyrocricotomy
  6. thyrocyte
  7. thyrocytes
  8. thyrodoxin
  9. thyroepiglottic
  10. thyroepiglotticus
  11. thyroepiglottidean

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