Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun liothyronine

1 sense of liothyronine

Sense 1
triiodothyronine, liothyronine, T -- (thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer)
       => thyroid hormone -- (any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically)