thyroid
美音:
[´θaıərɔıd
]英音:
[´θaıərɔıd
]n.甲状腺,甲状软骨
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thyroid为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:thyroidal
thyroid
/'θaɪrɔɪd; `θaɪrɔɪd/
n (also thyroid `gland) large gland at the front of the neck, producing a hormone which controls the body's growth and development 甲状腺.
thyroid
n also'thyroid .gland[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin;Origin: thyroides, from Greek thyreoeides 'shield-shaped', from thyreos 'shield shaped like a door', from thyra 'door'; from the shape of the cartilage at the front of the throat]
an organ in your neck that produces substances that affect the way your body grows and the way you behave