thyroxine

thyroxine

English

Noun

thyroxine (countable and uncountable, plural thyroxines)

1. (biochemistry) A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.

Synonyms

• (hormone): tetraiodothyronine

Translations

the hormone

Finnish: tyroksiini (fi) French: thyroxine (fr) f Italian: tiroxina (it) f Maori: taiaki tenga Spanish: tiroxina f Swedish: tyroxin (sv)

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French

Noun

thyroxine f (plural thyroxines)

1. thyroxine

Further reading

• “thyroxine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.