thyroid gland
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthyroidandgland
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thyroid
adjective
uk/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/us/ˈθaɪ.rɔɪd/
relating to the ...
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gland
noun[C]
uk/ɡlænd/us/ɡlænd/
an organ of the body or of a plant that secretes (= produces) liquid chemicals that have ...
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(Definition ofthyroidandglandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is peculiar compared to other forms of trypanosomiasis, thethyroidglandbeing at times much enlarged (goitre-like).
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The midline viscera in the neck are predisposed by anatomic proximity to the invasion ofthyroidglandcarcinoma.
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A single, 2 mm hypoplastic parathyroid gland was identified microscopically in thethyroidglandcapsule.
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Primary sites include breast, lung, kidney, stomach, larynx, prostate andthyroidglandand metastasis occurs via haematogenous spread or cerebrospinal fluid dissemination.
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A clinicopathologic survey ofthyroidglandin old age.
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Prognostic significance ofthyroidglandinvolvement in laryngeal carcinoma.
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Iodine is an essential to the healthy functioning of thethyroidgland.
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Even the commonthyroidglanddeficiency and the operation can result in a wholesale change of personality.
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The overseer came into existence as far back as 1601; he must have takenthyroidgland, for he is now 3¼ centuries old.
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Radioactive iodine has revealed much the same information about the working of thethyroidgland.
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Does he deny the presence of iodine 131 and its attendant dangers to thethyroidgland?
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I understand that that isotope has a life of 200,000 years and accumulates in thethyroidgland.
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Does anybody know what disease of thethyroidglandproduces?
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The importance of this isotope is that it becomes concentrated in thethyroidgland.
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Radioactive iodine has similarly thrown light on the working of thethyroidgland.
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You frequently get enlargement of thethyroidgland, with palpitations, high blood pressure and so on.
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It is possible to get a more sophisticated assessment by using tissues from various organs such as the liver, nervous tissue, muscle cells or thethyroidgland.
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The important considerations are the concentration of radioactive iodine in milk and the radiation dose to thethyroidglandin infants under one year, over any period of 12 months.
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