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/θˈaɪrɔɪd kˈɑrtələdʒ/ Listen

adjective

Thyroid adj.

Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

(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.), an endocrine gland having two lobes, located in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx, which secretes two hormones (thyroxine and triiodothyronine) that regulate the rates of growth and metabloism. 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. Cases of hypothyroidism, where the gland is insufficiently active, can be treated by administration of thyroxine or a combination of thyroxine and triiodothyronine.

Thyroid dislocation (Surg.), dislocation of the thigh bone into the thyroid foramen.

Thyroid foramen, the obturator foramen.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thyroid cartilage" Quotes from Famous Books

... personal vanity; but I confess that at the moment, contemplating my likeness in the mirror, I could have wished my knees had not been quite so prominently conspicuous, and that the projection of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, called vulgarly Adam's apple, had been perhaps ...

— Fibble, D. D. • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

... like a protecting shield, fully six inches above the top of his head, they will find it difficult to show how, unless projectiles travel in sharp curves or angles, a man in this position could thus receive a wound directly beneath his chin, a wound so slight as not to penetrate the thyroid cartilage immediately ...

— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy