thyro-
combining form
: thyroid
thyrotoxicosis
Word History
Etymology
combining form extracted from thyroid entry 2 or its source New Latin thyroīdēs
Note: As the Latin reflection of the Greek source is thyreoīdēs, the combining form should be thyreo-, but this has rarely been used. As noted at thyroid entry 2, the dropping of the -e- may have resulted from the assumption that the base word was Greek thýra "door" rather than thyreós "oblong shield."
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