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Thyroid
~ THYROID id+ | SHIELD LIKE |
gr THYREOS = SHIELD LIKE
med> ONE OF 9 LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES
UPON WHICH RESTS THE THYROID GLAND
WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO REGULATE THE
METABOLIC RATE OF THE ORGANISM
med> LACK OF THYROID HORMONE PREVENTS
THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMBRYON - FETUS
in particular CEREBRAL STRUCTURE
med> PRENATAL THYROID DEFICIENCY as well as
NEONATAL - INFANCY THYROID DEFFICIENCIES
are a CAUSE OF MENTAL SUBNORMALITY
hx> med> CONGENITAL THYROID DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
BECAME KNOWN AS CRETINISM which often was
ENDEMIC TO IODINE POOR REGIONS which implies
ALPINE REGIONS in EUROOPE and mountainous regions elswhere
see> CRETIN
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