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CLINICAL MEASUREMENT - ANNOTATIONS

The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO), Measurement Methods Ontology (MMO), and Experimental Condition Ontology (XCO) are currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about these vocabularies please see Shimoyama et al. Three ontologies to define phenotype measurement data. Front Genet. 2012;3:87. Epub 2012 May 28 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
Term:thyroid gland measurement
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Definition:The quantification of a morphological or physiological parameter of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is the largest of the endocrine glands, is situated in the neck caudal to the larynx, produces several hormones that are vital in maintaining normal growth and metabolism including thyroxine, triiodothyronine and calcitonin, and serves as a storehouse for iodine.
Synonyms:narrow_synonym: thyroid volume
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