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triiodothyronine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
tri-iodothy-ro-nine
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thyroid hormone, with the chemical formula C₁₅H₁₂I₃NO₄, affecting almost every process in the body, including body temperature, growth, and heart rate.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From tri- + iodothyronine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

triiodothyronines (plural) T3 (abbreviation)

Frequently Paired Words

thyroxine

Synonyms

liothyronine t

Questions

What does triiodothyronine mean?
A thyroid hormone, with the chemical formula C₁₅H₁₂I₃NO₄, affecting almost every process in the body, including body temperature, growth, and heart rate.
Where does triiodothyronine come from?
From tri- + iodothyronine.

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