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Traditional English :: thyristor
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thyrid.html - n. Electronics a semiconductor rectifier in which the current between two electrodes is controlled by a signal applied to a third electrode. [Gk thura gate + TRANSISTOR] |
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Traditional English :: thyristor
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thyrid.html - n. Electronics a semiconductor rectifier in which the current between two electrodes is controlled by a signal applied to a third electrode. [Gk thura gate + TRANSISTOR] |
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Traditional English :: thyro-
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thyrid.html - comb. form (also thyreo-) thyroid. |
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Traditional English :: thyroid
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thyrid.html - n. & adj. --n. (in full thyroid gland)
1 a large ductless gland in the neck of vertebrates secreting a hormone which regulates growth and development through the rate of metabolism.
2 an extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating goitre and cretinism etc. --adj. Anat. & Zool.
1 connected with the thyroid cartilage (thyroid artery).
2 shield-shaped. thyroid cartilage a large cartilage of the larynx, the projection of which in man forms the Adam's apple. [obs.F thyroide or mod.L thyroides, irreg. f. Gk thureoeides f. thureos oblong shield] |
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Traditional English :: thyroxine
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thyrid.html - n. the main hormone produced by the thyroid gland, involved in controlling the rate of metabolic processes. [THYROID + OX- + -INE(4)] |
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Traditional English :: thyrsus
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thyrid.html - n. (pl. thyrsi) 1 Gk & Rom. Antiq. a staff tipped with an ornament like a pine-cone, an attribute of Bacchus. 2 Bot. an inflorescence as in lilac, with the primary axis racemose and the secondary axis cymose. [L f. Gk thursos] |
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