thyroglobulin

noun

thy·​ro·​glob·​u·​lin ˌthī-rō-ˈglä-byə-lən 

: an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine

Word History

Etymology

earlier thyreoglobulin, borrowed from German Thyreoglobulin, from thyreo-, combining form from New Latin thyreoidēs thyroid entry 2 + Globulin globulin

Note: The German term was introduced by the biochemist Adolph Oswald (1870-1956) in "Die Eiweisskörper der Schilddrüse," Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie, Band 27 (1899), p. 29. The initial element thyreo- was regularized to the more common English version thyro- (see note at that entry).

First Known Use

circa 1905, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for thyroglobulin

• antiglobulin
• lactoglobulin
• macroglobulin
• globulin
• immunoglobulin

Medical Definition

thyroglobulin

noun

thy·​ro·​glob·​u·​lin ˌthī-rō-ˈgläb-yə-lən 

: an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that on proteolysis yields thyroxine and triiodothyronine