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thyroperoxidase

thyroperoxidase noun: an enzyme, expressed mainly in the thyroid, that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine or triiodothyronine.

Noun

thyroperoxidase (countable and uncountable, plural thyroperoxidases)

  1. An enzyme, expressed mainly in the thyroid, that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine or triiodothyronine.

Forms of thyroperoxidase

pluralthyroperoxidases

Questions about thyroperoxidase

What does thyroperoxidase mean?
Thyroperoxidase means an enzyme, expressed mainly in the thyroid, that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine or triiodothyronine.
What part of speech is thyroperoxidase?
Thyroperoxidase is a noun.
What is the plural of thyroperoxidase?
The plural of thyroperoxidase is thyroperoxidases.

Words near thyroperoxidase in the dictionary

  1. thyroparathyroidectomizing
  2. thyroparathyroidectomy
  3. thyropathic
  4. thyropathies
  5. thyropathy
  6. thyroperoxidase
  7. thyroperoxidases
  8. thyropharyngeal
  9. thyropharyngei
  10. thyropharyngeus
  11. thyropin

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