thyroid hormone

1. 1.

   any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically

   Broaderhormone

   Narrowercalcitoninthyroxinetriiodothyronine

Questions about thyroid hormone

What does thyroid hormone mean?

thyroid hormone means "any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically".

Is thyroid hormone a common word?

thyroid hormone 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.