Meanings
- not comparableIn a thyroidal way.
Using an instrument specially devised by Rosenthal, the Iipiodol may be injected intercrico-thyroidally with even better results.
1925, The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, page 2682 more examples
In view of the possibility of feeding thyroidally active substances to increase milk production it is important to know whether or not some of this material would be secreted in the milk.
1946, Vitamins and Hormones, volume 4, page 244Intriguingly, the rat C1b isoform of the calcitonin receptor (CTR) (see Section VI-B) has very little interaction with the thyroidally derived form of calcitonin.
1997, Louis V. Avioli, Metabolic Bone Disease and Clinically Related Disorders, page 98
Origin
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishthyroidally
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