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Noun

1. 1
   A phenolic amino acid that occurs naturally only in the iodinated form of thyroxine countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative wordnet

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historical termiodinated tyrosine derivativethyroid hormone precursor

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modern termnonhormoneunrelated compound