cold nodule

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001896",
  "term": "cold nodule",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect less radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered \"cold.\" A nodule that is cold does not make thyroid hormone. Cold nodules may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Cold nodules are sometimes called hypofunctioning nodules.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cold-nodule/"
}