Meanings
nountransthyretin (countable and uncountable, plural transthyretins, abbreviation TTR)
plural transthyretins · abbreviation TTR
- countableuncountablebiochemistrya protein found in human blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid that functions as a carrier of the thyroid hormone thyroxine and the retinol-binding protein
Synonyms: prealbumin
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna protein found in human blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid that functions as a carrier of the thyroid hormone thyroxine and the retinol-binding protein
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- 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
- Englishthyr-
- Englishox-
- Englishthyr(oxine)
- Englishretina
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishret(inol)
- Englishtransthyretin
From trans- (“denoting change or transfer”) + thyr(oxine) + ret(inol) + -in (“protein”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian prealbumina
- prealbuminaTranslations
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APA
transthyretin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transthyretin
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“transthyretin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transthyretin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transthyretin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transthyretin.
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