liothyronine

Questions about liothyronine

What does liothyronine mean?

liothyronine means "thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer".

How many syllables are in liothyronine?

liothyronine has 5 syllables and divides as li-o-thy-ro-nine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for liothyronine?

Close synonyms include triiodothyronine, T. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is liothyronine a common word?

liothyronine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for liothyronine come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.