perithyroidal

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adjective

Surrounding a thyroid gland

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveperithyroidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding a thyroid gland
    1 more example

    Risk factors of SMLN metastasis as identified in previous studies are contralateral lateral neck LN metastasis, central lymph node (CLN) metastasis, extensive CLN metastasis, contralateral CLN metastasis, direct extension to SMLN, grossly perithyroidal extension (PTE), medullary or poorly differentiated carcinoma, distant metastasis, and Hurtle cell carcinoma[5 –10 ].

    2016 February 6, “Predictive Factors of Superior Mediastinal Nodal Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma—A Prospective Observational Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  6. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  7. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  11. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  12. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  13. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  14. Englishthyroid
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishthyroidal
  18. Englishperithyroidal

From peri- + thyroidal.

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