thyroid

¹thy·roid

adj \ˈthī-ˌrȯid\

Definition of THYROID

1

a : of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland b : suggestive of a disordered thyroid <a thyroid personality>

2

: of, relating to, or being the chief cartilage of the larynx

Variants of THYROID

thy·roid also thy·roi·dal \thī-ˈrȯi-d^əl\

Origin of THYROID

New Latin thyroides, from Greek thyreoeidēs shield-shaped, thyroid, from thyreos shield shaped like a door, from thyra door — more at door

First Known Use: circa 1741

Rhymes with THYROID

android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid