thyroid

alternative thyreoid

1. not comparableanatomyOf, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. not comparableanatomyOf, relating to, or being the thyroid gland.
   1. not comparableanatomySuggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

      a thyroid personality

3. not comparablebiologyShield-shaped; peltiform.

plural thyroids · alternative thyreoid

1. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of thyroid cartilage.
2. abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of thyroid gland.

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   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.

   2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science, retrieved 30 Sep 2013

   1. anatomyAn extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.