- (a.) Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage or thyroid artery; thyroideal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "thyroid" 28 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/thyroid/definitions/2072522> |