Assertion: goiter's thyroid gland | /r/CapableOf | absorb iodine
Facets:
value: from food
type: OTHER
value: from nutrients
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Goiter is a disease which is very difficult to treat because its agent is related to the nervous system, and thyroid gland will absorb iodine from food and nutrients as normally.
text: The thyroid gland absorbs iodine and then uses it by converting it into thyroid hormones, thyroxine and triiodothyronine.