thyroid

tiroideo

Relacionado con el pequeño órgano del cuello que ayuda a regular cómo utiliza energía el cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to a small organ in the neck that helps control how the body uses energy.

• The test checks thyroid function.
• Her thyroid hormone levels were low.
• Can thyroid disease make you feel tired?

Expresiones frecuentes: thyroid gland, thyroid hormone, thyroid function, thyroid disease

tiroideo

Relacionado con el tejido firme de la parte delantera de la garganta que protege la laringe.

En inglés sencillo: Relating to the firm tissue at the front of the throat that protects the voice box.

• The thyroid cartilage protects the voice box.
• The doctor examined the thyroid prominence.
• An injury damaged the upper edge of the thyroid cartilage.

Expresiones frecuentes: thyroid cartilage, thyroid notch, thyroid prominence

tiroideo

Que muestra conductas o rasgos atribuidos a un problema de la glándula del cuello que produce hormonas.

En inglés sencillo: Showing behavior or features thought to result from a problem with a hormone-producing organ in the neck.

• The old report described a thyroid personality.
• The physician associated her restlessness with a thyroid temperament.
• The book used thyroid to describe unusually excitable behavior.

Expresiones frecuentes: thyroid personality, thyroid temperament

escutiforme

Que tiene forma de escudo.

En inglés sencillo: Shaped like a shield.

• The plate has a thyroid shape.
• The diagram shows a broad thyroid structure.
• Its thyroid outline resembles a small shield.

Sinónimos: shield-shaped, peltiform

Expresiones frecuentes: thyroid shape, thyroid plate

extracto tiroideo

Medicamento elaborado con glándulas tiroideas animales, usado cuando el cuerpo produce cantidades insuficientes de ciertas hormonas.

En inglés sencillo: Medicine made from animals' neck glands, used when the body produces too little of certain hormones.

• The medicine contains dried thyroid.
• Her doctor prescribed desiccated thyroid.
• Each tablet provides a measured dose of thyroid.

Sinónimos: thyroid extract

Expresiones frecuentes: desiccated thyroid, dried thyroid, thyroid tablets