- organification
- or·gan·i·fi·ca·tion (or-gan″ĭ-fĭ-kaґshən) the incorporation of iodide into tyrosyl residues in the thyroid by thyroid peroxidase, resulting in the formation of mono- and diiodotyrosines.
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