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Definition of Thyroids
1. thyroid [n] - See also: thyroid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyroids
Literary usage of Thyroids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"From this point of view the active substances formed in the thyroids, adrenal
glands, etc., may all be classified as specific hormones. ..."
2. A Text-book of physiology for medical students and physicians by William Henry Howell (1913)
"From this point of view the active substances formed in the thyroids, adrenal
glands, etc., may all be classified as specific hormones. ..."
3. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"Sheep thyroids are subject to great variation in size. ... Steer's thyroids are
larger than cow's, this variation in size b ing a constant factor; ..."
4. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1897)
"THE USE OF thyroids IN DISEASES OTHER THAN CRETINISM. BY HENRY KOPLIK, MD, New York.
It is rather the object of this paper to place on record the use of ..."
5. Diseases of the Liver by Alexander Leslie Blackwood (1907)
"The parathyroids are four small bodies, two on each side, which lie laterally
and posteriorly to the thyroids. They are not always in pairs. ..."