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thyroprival (not comparable)
- (medicine) Due to loss of function or removal of the thyroid gland.
1953, The Journal of the American Dental Association, volume 47, page 379:The formative elements of cartilage, bone cementum and dentin in the thyroprival state maintained a depressed activity leading to the obliteration of the marrow spaces and a narrowing of the periodontal and pulpal lumens.