thyroxin
Meaning of thyroxin
noun
the main hormone produced by the thyroid gland, acting to increase metabolic rate and so regulating growth and development.
early 20th century: from thyroid + ox- ‘oxygen’ + in from indole (because of an early misunderstanding of its chemical structure), altered by substitution of -ine4.
Information about thyroxin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of thyroxin is: thyroxins.
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Hyphenation of thyroxin
thy-roxin
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- thyroxin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
thyroxin synonyms
Meaning thyroxine:
thyroxine, tetraiodothyronine, T
Words that rhyme with thyroxin
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