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suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality"

suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality"

Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

A highly vascular endocrine gland consisting of two lobes, one on either side of the trachea, joined by a narrow isthmus; it produces the thyroid hormones which are concerned in regulating the metabolic rate of the body.

Resembling a shield, scutiform; noting a gland (glandula thyreoidea) and a cartilage of the larynx (cartilago thyreoidea). Also written, more correctly, but less commonly, thyreoid.

Shield-shaped.

Shield-shaped.

Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx, so called from its figure, to a gland situated near it, and to the arteries and veins of the gland.

In anat., applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx from its shield-like form; aslo applied to a glandular body lying in front of this cartilage, or the atreries supplying the part.

A ductless highly-vascular gland at the front and sides of the neck ; also to arteries, cartilage, and veins in its region.

Pertaining to, connected with, or derived from the t. gland.

The gland itself. See under gland.