liothyronine

English

Etymology

Contraction of ʟ-(tri)io(do)thyronine.

Pronunciation

Noun

liothyronine (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.

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