thyroidally

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English

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Etymology

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From thyroidal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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thyroidally (not comparable)

  1. In a thyroidal way.
    • 1925, The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, page 268:
      Using an instrument specially devised by Rosenthal, the Iipiodol may be injected intercrico-thyroidally with even better results.
    • 1946, Vitamins and Hormones[1], volume 4, page 244:
      In view of the possibility of feeding thyroidally active substances to increase milk production it is important to know whether or not some of this material would be secreted in the milk.
    • 1997, Louis V. Avioli, Metabolic Bone Disease and Clinically Related Disorders[2], page 98:
      Intriguingly, the rat C1b isoform of the calcitonin receptor (CTR) (see Section VI-B) has very little interaction with the thyroidally derived form of calcitonin.