thyroid hormone

English

Noun

thyroid hormone (plural thyroid hormones)

  1. (biochemistry) 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
    Meronyms: triiodothyronine, thyroxine

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