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thyroglossal

thyroglossal adjective: of or pertaining to the thyroglossal duct.

Adjective

thyroglossal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the thyroglossal duct
    • a thyroglossal carcinoma

thyroglossal meaning in Tamil

thyroglossal in Tamil

தைரநாவிய, நாக்குகேடயச் சுரப்பி

Origin of thyroglossal

From thyro- + glossal. Back-formation from "thyroglossal duct", from New Latin ductus thyroglossalis.

Words formed from thyroglossal

Phrases with thyroglossal

Words that rhyme with thyroglossal

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Questions about thyroglossal

What does thyroglossal mean?
Thyroglossal means of or pertaining to the thyroglossal duct.
What is thyroglossal in Tamil?
Thyroglossal in Tamil is தைரநாவிய, நாக்குகேடயச் சுரப்பி. See Thyroglossal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thyroglossal?
Thyroglossal is an adjective.

Words near thyroglossal in the dictionary

  1. thyrofissures
  2. thyrogenic
  3. thyroglobin
  4. thyroglobulin
  5. thyroglobulins
  6. thyroglossal
  7. thyroglossal duct
  8. thyroglossal ducts
  9. thyrohyal
  10. thyrohyals
  11. thyrohyoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thyroglossal (page history and authors); thyroglossal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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