thyroid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thyroid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for thyroid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thyroid adj of or relating to the thyroid gland; "thyroid deficiency"; "thyroidal uptake" Synonym(s): thyroid, thyroidal suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality" n located near the base of the neck [syn: thyroid gland, 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[8b]de, thyr[82]o[8b]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.