extrathyroidal

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English

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Etymology

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From extra- +‎ thyroidal.

Adjective

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extrathyroidal (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the thyroid.
    • 2015 July 8, Yuji Oto et al., “The ratio of serum free triiodothyronine to free thyroxine in children: a retrospective database survey of healthy short individuals and patients with severe thyroid hypoplasia or central hypothyroidism”, in Thyroid Research‎[1], volume 8, →DOI:
      The ratio of serum free T3 (FT3) over free T4 (FT4) (FT3/FT4 ratio) may reflect the degree of extrathyroidal T4 to T3 conversion activity.
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