thyroid hormone (English, noun)
expansion: thyroid hormone (plural thyroid hormones)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
meronyms: triiodothyronine
thyroxine
glosses: any of several closely related metabolically active compounds (as triiodothyronine) that are stored in the thyroid gland in the form of thyroglobulin or circulate in the blood usually bound to plasma proteins
Forms:
form: thyroid hormones
tags: plural