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UK
/θˈaɪɹəksˌaɪn/
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NOUN
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hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
thyroxine is 65% iodine
How To Use thyroxine In A Sentence
- It takes iodine from the food we eat to make iodine-containing hormones called thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Undefined
- An underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) can be treated with thyroid hormone (thyroxine).
- Collectively, these studies indicate that iodinated organic compounds, such as thyroxine, can affect strobilation and mineralization in cnidarians.
- Human beings require iodine for the production of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine and triiodothyronine.
- Among the many mammalian hormones are ACTH, sex hormones, thyroxine, insulin, and epinephrine.
- Yet one of many anomalies of the prescription rules entitles hypothyroid patients to receive their thyroxine free. Times, Sunday Times
- As an inhibitor of cAMP/adenyl cyclase, lithium impairs the function of two major types of hormones mediated by this system: antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and the thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) (320). The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
- Thyroxine helps regulate your body's metabolism, including how quickly you burn calories.
- Breast feeding should not be stopped in mothers treated with thyroxine for hypothyroidism even if the infant is hyperthyroid.
- TSH tells the thyroid to capture iodine from the blood to synthesize, store, and release thyroxine (T4). Environmental effects on the thyroid
