Thyroxine

What do we mean by thyroxine?

An iodine-containing hormone, C15H11I4NO4, produced by the thyroid gland, that increases the rate of cell metabolism and regulates growth and that is made synthetically for treatment of thyroid disorders. noun

A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth. noun

Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells noun

A hormone (an iodine derivative of tyrosine), produced by the thyroid gland, that regulates cell metabolism and growth.

Words that are spelled similarly to thyroxine:
thyroxine, thyronine, thyroxin, tyrosine, l-thyroxine, l thyroxine.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thyroxine:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe thyroxine:
free, total, exogenous, low, oral, more, synthetic, excess, normal, intravenous, much, bound, maternal, crystalline, pure, active, enough, elevated, sufficient, radioactive, sodium, levo, excessive, unbound, labelled, endogenous, fetal, abnormal, less, desiodo, insufficient, 125i, containing, neonatal, exchangeable, intrapituitary, 131i, anti, cellular, injected, peripheral, dextro, supplemental, hepatic, secrete, acid, brown, added, thyroid, secreted, unlabeled, racemic, stable, pituitary, preformed, weekly, labeled, dialysable, extrathyroidal, replacement, fecal, i131, concomitant, perinatal, ingested, epinephrine, amniotic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective thyroxine:
therapy, binding, treatment, sodium, protein, turnover, daily, metabolism, dose, replacement, iodine, index, stimulation, state, increases, administration, serum, transport, requirement, rate, displacement, production, deiodination, monodeiodination, activity, proteins, acts, supplementation, concentration, deiodinase, output, doses, effects, analogues, accounts, status, preparations, monodeiodinase, induced, 131i, glucuronide, absorption, factor, hormone, antibodies, ingestion, estimation, dosage, derivatives, formation, suppression, substitution, thyroidectomy, concentrations, antibody.

Consonant match to thyroxine:
thyroxin.

Words that sound like thyroxine:
thyroxine, thyroxin, pyroxene, thoreson, the rocks, xeroxing, thorax, thorazine, thorson, thorsen, the reason, thoraxes, thoresen.