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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • ÄäntäminenUS
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd/
KieliKäännökset
esperantotiroido
italiatiroide, tiroideo
portugalitiroide, tireoide, tireóideo
ranskathyroïde, thyroïdien
ruotsisköldkörtel
saksaSchilddrüse
suomikilpirauhanen
venäjäщитовидный (štšitovidnyi)

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
  2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
  3. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.
  4. (botany) Shield-shaped; peltiform.

Substantiivi

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

Esimerkit

  • 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.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkothyroids

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.

Clear pyramidal lobe (center) as viewed from the front

(anatomy) Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.

The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the neck below the Adam's apple.

(anatomy) Ellipsis of thyroid gland.

The human thyroid (tan), as viewed from the front; and arteries (red) supplying the gland.

Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

Child affected by Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, associated with a lack of iodine.

(botany) Shield-shaped; peltiform.

The thyroid was named by Thomas Wharton after the ancient Greek shield of a similar pronunciation. Shown is an example of such a shield, as engraved on a coin dating from 431 to 424 BCE.