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tri⋅i⋅o⋅do⋅thy⋅ro⋅nine

  [trahy-ahy-oh-doh-thahy-ruh-neen, -ahy-od-oh-]
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1. Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C15H12I3NO4, similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
2. Pharmacology. a preparation of this hormone, used in treating hypothyroidism. Abbreviation: T3
Origin:
1950–55; tri- + iodo- + thyronine (perh. deriv., with -one, of thyroxine )
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tri·i·o·do·thy·ro·nine   (trī'ī-ō'dō-thī'rə-nēn', -ī-ŏd'ō-)   
n.  A thyroid hormone, C15H12I3NO4, similar to thyroxine but more potent, used in the treatment of hypothyroidism.

[tri- + iodo- + thyronine, an amino acid (thyr(o)- + -on(e) + -ine2).]
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Main Entry: tri·io·do·thy·ro·nine
Pronunciation: "trI-"I-&d-O-'thI-r&-"nEn
Function: noun
: a crystallineiodine-containing hormone C15H12I3NO4 that is an amino acid derived from thyroxine and is used especially in the form of its soluble sodium salt in thetreatment of hypothyroidism and metabolic insufficiency called also liothyronine, T3
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