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thyroid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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thy·roid /ˈθaɪrɔɪd/ (also thyroid gland) noun [countable]  HBHan organ in your neck that produces substances that affect the way your body grows and the way you behave 甲状腺
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thyroidThere may be other causes as well, like a thyroid or blood-sugar problem.Other solid tumors associated with hypercalcemia arise from lung, kidney, liver, cervix, prostate, and thyroid.Will they go away once my thyroid is treated?
Origin thyroid (1700-1800) Modern Latin 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
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thyroid
thyroid /ˈθaɪrɔɪd/ (also ˈthyroid ˌgland) noun [countable]
 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


thy·roidBrE /ˈθaɪrɔɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθaɪrɔɪd/ 🔊 (also ˈthyroid gland) noun (anatomy 解剖学) a small organ at the front of the neck that produces hormones that control the way in which the body grows and functions 甲状腺