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- noun Plural form of
thyroid .
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Examples
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In the weeks following the disaster, researchers measured radioactive iodine in the thyroids of around 350,000 people who had been in areas close to the plant, most of which was believed to have come from drinking contaminated milk.
Assessing the Health Risks of Food Contaminated by Radiation Is an Inexact Science Phred Dvorak 2011
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We also treat patients with overactive thyroids and those with a variety of cancers.
Nuclear Medicine 2010
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Officials say that, since the explosions, some infants theoretically may have accumulated 100 millisieverts of radiation in their thyroids.
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Officials say that, since the explosions, some infants theoretically may have accumulated 100 millisieverts of radiation in their thyroids.
Japanese Workers Hospitalized for Excessive Radiation Exposure 2011
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We also treat patients with overactive thyroids and those with a variety of cancers.
Nuclear Medicine 2010
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At Roelants' hospital, one-third of all surgeries to remove thyroids and one-quarter of all breast cancer surgeries, including biopsies and mastectomies, use hypnosis and local anesthetic.
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Officials say that, since the explosions, some infants theoretically may have accumulated 100 millisieverts of radiation in their thyroids.
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Officials say that, since the explosions, some infants theoretically may have accumulated 100 millisieverts of radiation in their thyroids.
Japanese Workers Hospitalized for Excessive Radiation Exposure 2011
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The rabbit thyroids were inflamed—and that should not have happened.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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They had produced antibodies to the thyroglobulin and developed lesions in their thyroids.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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