Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.
1 Kendall at first called it the a-iodine compound, then named it thyroxin .
2 Explained why it had to be stimulated with placentin and thyroxin .
3 If they're found to be deficient in thyroxin , it can be administered artificially.
4 To be exact, one milligram of thyroxin increases the metabolic rate two per cent.
5 A post-operative thyroxin treatment is necessary in 21.4% of cases after LI.
6 The effusions resolved completely in 2 to 12 months after initiation of thyroxin replacement.
7 So that the length of time a single administration of thyroxin functions within the body is about three weeks.
8 When thyroxin is administered in a single dose, there is a distinct lag in the absorption of it by the tissues.
9 When the thyroid sends more secretion into the blood, more thyroxin , it accelerates all the functions and activities of the organs.
10 Thyroxin produces results with doses amazingly minute compared with the quantity of whole gland necessary.
11 'Basically, a shortage in the body of the hormone thyroxin , ' said Evi.
12 ' Thyroxin is produced by the thyroid gland in the neck,' she was saying.
13 Thyroxin is accepted today as the purified internal secretion of the thyroid because all the effects of the whole gland may be elicited with it.
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