TRIIODOTHYRONINE

Meaning of TRIIODOTHYRONINE in English

A hormone made by the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones are essential for the function of every cell in the body. They help regulate growth and the rate of chemical reactions (metabolism) in the body. Triiodothyronine (T3) has three iodine molecules attached to its molecular structure. Iodine is found in seafood, bread, seaweed, and ordinary table salt.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

TRIIODOTHYRONINE — noun Etymology: tri- + iod- + thyronine an amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative Date: 1952 an iodine-containing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — “+ noun Etymology: tri- + iod- + thyronine : a crystalline iodine-containing phenolic amino acid C 15 H 12 I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — /truy'uy oh'doh thuy"reuh neen', -uy od'oh-/ , n. 1. Biochem. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — noun Etymology: tri- + iod- + thyronine an amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative Date: 1952 : an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — [tri.io.do.thy.ro.nine] n [tri- + iod- + thyronine (an amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative)] (1952): an iodine-containing hormone …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — A thyroid hormone. Also called liothyronine sodium or T-3.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — Тиреоидные гормоны
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — трийодтиронин
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
TRIIODOTHYRONINE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ tr ī - ˌ ī - ə -d ō - ' th ī -r ə - ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
L-TRIIODOTHYRONINE — MedMaster - Liothyronine
Drug information English vocab
HORMONE, TRIIODOTHYRONINE — A hormone made by the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. Triiodothyronine (T3) has three …
English Dictionary of Medicine
THYROID — I. adjective also ~al see: door Date: circa 1741 1. of, relating to, or being the ~ gland, suggestive of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THYROGLOBULIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1905 an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
T3 — also T-3 noun Etymology: T, abbreviation for thyronine + 3, number of iodine atoms attached to the thyronine nucleus Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THYROXINE — or l-tetraiodothyronine or T 4 One of the two major hormone s (along with the closely related l-triiodothyronine, or T …
Английский словарь Британика
T3 — noun also T-3 ˈtēˈthrē Etymology: T , abbrev. for thyronine + 3 , number of iodine atoms attached to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THYROXINE — thīˈräkˌsēn, -_sə̇n noun also thy·rox·in -_sə̇n ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary thyr- + ox- + -ine, -in : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THYROID HORMONE — noun : thyroxine or other closely related metabolically active compound (as triiodothyronine) that is stored in the thyroid gland in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIIODOTYROSINE — “+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary diiod- + tyrosine : a crystalline amino acid HOC 6 H 2 I 2 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THYROID GLAND — Anat. a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
T[SUB]1[/SUB] — triiodothyronine.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THYROID — I. ˈthī-ˌrȯid adjective also thy·roi·dal thī-ˈrȯi-d ə l Etymology: New Latin thyroides, from Greek thyreoeidēs shield-shaped, thyroid, from thyreos shield …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
T3 — also T-3 ˈtē-ˈthrē Etymology: T, abbreviation for thyronine + 3, number of iodine atoms attached to the thyronine nucleus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THYROGLOBULIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1905 : an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THYROID — [thy.roid] also thy.roi.dal adj [NL thyroides, fr. Gk thyreoeides shield-shaped, thyroid, fr. thyreos shield shaped like a door, fr. thyra …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THYROGLOBULIN — [thy.ro.glob.u.lin] n [ISV] (ca. 1905): an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine
Merriam-Webster English vocab
T3 — [T3] also T-3 n [T, abbr. for thyronine + 3, number of iodine atoms attached to the thyronine nucleus] (1956): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THYROXINE — also called 3,5,3,5-tetraiodothyronine, or T4 one of the two major hormones secreted by the thyroid gland (the other is triiodothyronine). …
Britannica English vocabulary
THYROID GLAND — endocrine gland that is situated in the throat below the larynx (voice box); the thyroid secretes hormones vital to metabolism …
Britannica English vocabulary
THYROID FUNCTION TEST — any clinical and laboratory procedure that assesses the efficiency of the thyroid gland in synthesizing the two most active thyroid …
Britannica English vocabulary
THYROXINE — n. or l-tetraiodothyronine or T 4 One of the two major hormone s (along with the closely related l-triiodothyronine, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IODINE — Essential element in the diet. The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. The two most important thyroid hormones …
English Dictionary of Medicine

English Dictionary of Medicine

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