Word Meanings - THYROID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal. Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx. -- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland , a glandlike but ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor

Additional info about word: THYROID

Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal. Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx. -- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland , a glandlike but ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx. In man and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of the trachea. -- Thyroid dislocation , dislocation of the thigh bone into the thyroid foramen. -- Thyroid foramen, the obturator foramen. (more info) 1. Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

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