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sextillion (iou)



sextillion noun. L17.
[French, from Latin sex six, after million, billion, etc.]
Orig. (esp. in the UK), the sixth power of a million (1036). Now usu. (orig. US), the seventh power of a thousand (1021).
sextillionth adjective & noun L19.

suprahyoid gland (medicine)


suprahyoid gland -->
accessory thyroid gland


An isolated mass, or one of several such masses, of thyroid tissue, sometimes present in the side of the neck, or just above the hyoid bone (suprahyoid accessory thyroid gland), or even as low as the arch of the aorta.

Synonym: glandula thyroidea accessoria, accessory thyroid, prehyoid gland, suprahyoid gland, thyroidea accessoria, thyroidea ima, Wolfler's gland.