Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thyroid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thyroid \Thy"roid\, a. [Gr. ? shield-shaped; ? a large, oblong
shield (from ? a door) + ? form: cf. F. thyro["i]de,
thyr['e]o["i]de.]
1. Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the
thyroid cartilage.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid
cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.
{Thyroid cartilage}. See under {Larynx}.
{Thyroid body}, or {Thyroid gland} (Anat.), a glandlike but
ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in
the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx. In man
and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly
surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of
the trachea.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thyroid
adj 1: of or relating to the thyroid gland; "thyroid deficiency";
"thyroidal uptake" [syn: {thyroidal}]
2: suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality"
n : located near the base of the neck [syn: {thyroid gland}]
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