THYROID HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thyroid hormone mean? 

• THYROID HORMONE (noun)
  The noun THYROID HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically

  Familiarity information: THYROID HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THYROID HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thyroid hormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thyroid hormone"):

calcitonin; thyrocalcitonin (thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone)

T; tetraiodothyronine; thyroxin; thyroxine (hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells)

liothyronine; T; triiodothyronine (thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer)

 Context examples 

If your thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs.

(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A disorder characterized by excessive levels of thyroid hormone in the body.

(Hyperthyroidism, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The c-erbA proto-oncogene encodes the thyroid hormone receptors, and the c-erbB family codes for the epidermal growth factor receptor (erbB-1, EGFR) and related receptors (erbB-2, erbB-3).

(ERB Oncogene Family, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, the thyroid gland enlarges and secrets increased amounts of thyroid hormones.

(Graves' Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Multiple thyroid hormone receptor (THR) genes may be encoded in the human genome and perhaps as many as five loci with varying expression in different tissues and stages of development.

(Oncogene ERB A, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormally low levels of thyroid hormone.

(Hypothyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

Selectively accumulating in the thyroid gland, iodine I 131 emits beta and gamma particles, thereby killing thyroid cells and decreasing thyroid hormone production.

(Iodine I-131, NCI Thesaurus)

An element that is necessary for the body to make thyroid hormone.

(Iodine, NCI Dictionary)

Treatment is with synthetic thyroid hormone, taken every day.

(Hypothyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A disorder characterized by a decrease in production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland.

(Hypothyroidism, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)