Meanings
adjectiveintrathyroidal (not comparable)
- not comparableWithin a thyroid gland
Most humans escape from the Wolff-Chaikoff effect as intrathyroidal iodide suppresses further iodide uptake via Na/I symporter inhibition [ 46 ].
2015 June 18, Michael B. Zimmermann, Valeria Galetti, “Iodine intake as a risk factor for thyroid cancer: a comprehensive review of animal and human studies”, in Thyroid Research, volume 8, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
- Latin*interus
- Latinintrā
- Englishintra-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
- Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
- New Latinthyreoīdēs
- Englishthyroid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishthyroidal
- Englishintrathyroidal
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APA
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Chicago
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