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thyroid

English

Alternative forms

  • thyreoid

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin thyreo?d?s, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (thureoeid?s, “shield-shaped”), from ?????? (thureós, “oblong shield”) +? -????? (-eid?s, “-form, -like”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?.???d/
  • Rhymes: -a????d

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

thyroid (plural thyroids)

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

Derived terms

References

  • “thyroid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  • “thyroid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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  • what thyroid eye disease
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tonsils

English

Noun

tonsils

  1. plural of tonsil

Noun

tonsils pl (plural only)

  1. (nonstandard) The uvula.

Derived terms

  • faucial tonsils
  • pharyngeal tonsils
  • to the tonsils, up to the tonsils

Anagrams

  • Listons, Stilson, Tilsons

tonsils From the web:

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  • what tonsils are removed during a tonsillectomy
  • what tonsils do
  • what tonsils are located at the back of the throat
  • what tonsils are located at the base of the tongue
  • what tonsils are located in the nasopharynx
  • what tonsils get removed
  • what tonsils are adenoids
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