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thyrotropic hormone |
thyrotropin |
thyrotropin-releasing factor |
thyrotropin-releasing hormone |
thyroxin |
thyroxine
| thyrse
| thyrsoid
| thyrsoidal
| thyrsopteris
| thyrsopteris elegans
thyroxine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thyroxine has 1 sense
- thyroxine(n = noun.body) t, tetraiodothyronine, thyroxin - hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells; "thyroxine is 65% iodine" is a kind of thyroid hormone
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thyroxine, n. the main hormone produced by the thyroid gland, involved in controlling the rate of metabolic processes.
Etymology
THYROID + OX- + -INE(4)
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