extrathyroid

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adjective

Outside of the thyroid gland

OriginEnglish thyroid ← New Latin thyreoīdēs ← Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs) →
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Meanings

adjectiveextrathyroid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOutside of the thyroid gland

    In conclusion, initial surgery approach, tumor size, extrathyroid invasion, lymph node metastases, and pathological type may be related to PTC recurrence.

    2015 July 14, Jian Zhu et al., “Clinicopathological features of recurrent papillary thyroid cancer”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

  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. Englishextrathyroid

From extra- + thyroid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extrathyroid

thyroidparathyroidhypothyroidhyperthyroideuthyroidcricothyroiddysthyroidsternothyroid
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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