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Where does “dextrothyroxine” come from?

dextrothyroxine (English) comes from English thyroxine, from English thyr-, from English thyroid, from New Latin thyreoīdēs, from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

dextrothyroxine (English): A drug that increases hepatic lipase

Definitions

  1. A drug that increases hepatic lipase

Ancestry of “dextrothyroxine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthyroxineA hormone , produced by the thyroid gland, that...
2Englishthyr-—
3EnglishthyroidOf, relating to, or being the thyroid gland; Of,...
4New Latinthyreoīdēs—
5Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής—
6Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
7Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
9Proto-Indo-European-ess—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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