liothyronine

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liothyronine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  liothyronine
      n 1: 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 [syn: triiodothyronine,
           liothyronine, T]