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IODOTHYRONINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iodothyronine mean?
• IODOTHYRONINE (noun)
The noun IODOTHYRONINE has 1 sense:
1. thyronine with iodine added
Familiarity information: IODOTHYRONINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thyronine with iodine added
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("iodothyronine" is a kind of...):
iodoamino acid (an amino acid with iodine added)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iodothyronine"):
tri-iodothyronine (thyronine with three iodine atoms added)
Context examples
Free selenium is incorporated into selenocysteine, an amino acid found in more than thirty selenoproteins including the glutathione peroxidases (GPx) enzymes, thioredoxin reductase (TR) and the iodothyronine deiodinase enzymes.
(DL-Selenomethionine, NCI Thesaurus)
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