English-Spanish translations for thyroid

• tiroides
  Las muertes por cáncer de tiroides se han multiplicado por cien. Deaths from thyroid cancer have multiplied a hundredfold.
  También causa trastornos como la hipotiroides o tiroides con baja actividad; antes el flúor se utilizaba como medicamento para suprimir la tiroides. It also causes conditions like a hypo- or underactive thyroid; fluoride was once used as a medication to suppress the thyroid.
  En 1995 se documentaron más de 400 casos de cáncer de tiroides en niños. In 1995 over 400 cases of thyroid cancers were documented in children.

Definition of thyroid

• Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland
• Of, relating to, or being the chief cartilage of the larynx
• The thyroid gland
• The thyroid cartilage

Examples

• a thyroid personality
• thyroid cartilage

Related words

• parathyroid
• hyperthyroidism
• hypothyroidism
• thyroiditis
• euthyroid
• hypothyroid
• parathyroidectomy
• thyroidectomy
• hyperparathyroidism