thyroid deficiency

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• thyroid gland — Anat. a two lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development. Cf. thyroxine, triiodothyronine. [1685 95] * * * Endocrine gland in the throat that… …   Universalium

• thyroid function test — ▪ medicine       any laboratory procedure that assesses the production of the two active thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), by the thyroid gland and the production of thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH), the… …   Universalium

• Thyroid adenoma — Classification and external resources ICD 9 226 DiseasesDB 13071 …   Wikipedia

• Thyroid transcription factor 1 — (TITF1), also known as NK2 homeobox 1 (NKX2 1), is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: TITF1 thyroid transcription factor 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=7080| accessdate = ] PBB… …   Wikipedia

• thyroid-stimulating hormone test — thyroid stimulating hormone stimulation test (for thyroid function) TSH test; thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone) is administered intramuscularly and the thyroid gland is monitored over time with scintiscanning or radioimmunoassays for a… …   Medical dictionary

• Thyroid hormone — The thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), are tyrosine based hormones produced by the thyroid gland. An important component in the synthesis is iodine. The major form of thyroid hormone in the blood is thyroxine (T4). The… …   Wikipedia

• Thyroid — Infobox Anatomy Name = Thyroid Latin = glandula thyroidea GraySubject = 272 GrayPage = 1269 Caption = Endocrine system Caption2 = Thyroid and parathyroid. Precursor = 4th Branchial pouch System = endocinal jubachina system Artery = superior… …   Wikipedia

• Thyroid-stimulating hormone — protein Name = Thyroid stimulating hormone, alpha (Glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide) caption = width = HGNCid = 1885 Symbol = CGA AltSymbols = HCG, GPHa, GPHA1 EntrezGene = 1081 OMIM = 118850 RefSeq = NM 000735 UniProt = P01215 PDB =… …   Wikipedia

• Thyroid ima artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria thyroidea ima GraySubject = 142 GrayPage = 549 Caption = The veins of the thyroid gland. (Thyroid ima artery not labeled, but region is visible.) Caption2 = BranchFrom = Brachiocephalic, others… …   Wikipedia

• thyroid — [ θʌɪrɔɪd] noun 1》 (also thyroid gland) a large ductless gland in the neck which secretes hormones regulating growth and development through the rate of metabolism.     ↘an extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating… …   English new terms dictionary

• Iodine deficiency — Iodine is an essential trace element; the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodotyronine contain iodine. In areas where there is little iodine in the diet mdash;typically remote inlandareas where no marine foods are eaten mdash;iodine deficiency… …   Wikipedia