thyroid

thyroid

English

Alternative forms

• thyreoid

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin thyreoīdēs, from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θῠρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹɔɪd

Adjective

thyroid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

      a thyroid personality

Derived terms

• antithyroid, anti-thyroid
• cricothyroid
• dysthyroid
• euthyroid
• extrathyroid
• hyperthyroid
• hypothyroid
• intrathyroid
• nonthyroid
• parathyroid
• sternothyroid
• thyroid artery
• thyroid cartilage
• thyroid gland
• thyroid panel
• thyroid storm
• thyro-, thyr-

 

Translations

referring to the thyroid gland

Belarusian: шчытападо́бны (ščytapadóbny) Bulgarian: щитовиден (štitoviden) Catalan: tiroïdal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 甲狀腺的／甲状腺的, 甲狀腺的／甲状腺的 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn de) French: thyroïde (fr) Irish: tíoróideach Italian: tiroide (it) Persian: سپردیس‎ (fa) (separdis), تیروئید‎ (fa) (tiro'id) Piedmontese: tiròide f Portuguese: tiroide (pt) Russian: щитови́дный (ru) (ščitovídnyj) Spanish: tiroides (es) Thai: ไทรอยด์ Ukrainian: щитоподі́бний (ščytopodíbnyj)

Noun

thyroid (plural thyroids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid cartilage..
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid gland..
   • 2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science‎, retrieved 2013-09-30:

     Israel is one of the few countries that widely fluoridates, besides the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to public drinking water supplies to reduce cavities, is the subject of intense controversy, especially outside of the United States. But opposition to the practice, on the grounds that fluoride has adverse effects on the thyroid, brain and bones, and is an unethical form of mass-medication, appears to be growing.

   1. (medicine) An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.

Derived terms

• athyroidism
• dysthyroidism
• thyroidal
• thyroideal
• thyroidectomy
• thyroiditis
• thyroidization
• thyroidologist
• thyroidopathy
• thyroidotomy

 

References

• “thyroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “thyroid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

• Hydriot