Etymology

extrathyroidal

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Today it means: Outside of the thyroid. Full definition →

English thyroidal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin thyreoīdēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  10. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  11. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  14. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  15. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  16. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  17. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  18. Englishthyroid
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  21. Englishthyroidal
  22. English todayextrathyroidal

From extra- + thyroidal.

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