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Name

Thyroid

Alternate Names

Armour Thyroid
Nature Thyroid
Noroxine
S-P-T
Thyrar
Thyreoidin
Thyro-Teric
Thyrocrine
Thyroid
Thyroid Enseals
Thyroid extract
Thyroid gland
Thyroid Strong
Thyroidea
Thyroideum siccum
Tiroide secca
Westhroid

Abbreviations

None

Category

Hormones and hormonal mechanisms

Subcategory

Thyroid hormone. Probably not cancer directed--verify with attending MD.

NSC Number

26492
026492

Primary Site

None

Histology

None

Remarks

Synthetic thyroid agents preferred. A slang name for the cleaned, dried, and powdered thyroid gland, previously deprived of connective tissue and fat, obtained from domesticated food animals; formerly used as a source of thyroid hormones in the treatment of hypothyroidism.

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