• n. 甲狀腺；甲狀軟骨；甲狀腺劑
• adj. 甲狀腺的；盾狀的

來自希臘語 thyreoiedes,盾形的，來自 thyra,門，詞源同 door,-eides,形狀，形體，即常見后綴 -oid,類。古希臘著名醫生 Galan 借用該詞用以指甲狀腺，因其形如盾甲而得名。

thyroid

thyroid: [18] The thyroid glands are situated in the neck, and they get their name ultimately from a comparison of the shape of the large oblong cartilage in front of the throat (which includes the Adam’s apple) with that of a door. The word comes via early modern French thyroide from Greek thuroidés ‘door-shaped’, an alteration of thureoeidés, which was derived from thúrā ‘door’ (a relative of English door). The term khóndros thureoiedés, literally ‘door-shaped cartilage’, was used by the Greek physician Galen for the ‘cartilage in front of the throat’ (now known in English as the thyroid cartilage).
=> door, foreign

thyroid (adj.)

1690s (in reference to both the cartilage and the gland), from Greek thyreoiedes "shield-shaped" (in khondros thyreoiedes "shield-shaped cartilage," used by Galen to describe the "Adam's apple" in the throat), from thyreos "oblong, door-shaped shield" (from thyra "door," from PIE *dhwer-; see door) + -eides "form, shape" (see -oid). The noun, short for thyroid gland, is recorded from 1849.

1. Iodine tends to localize in the thyroid.

碘容易集于甲狀腺.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. A rim of thyroid parenchyma is seen at the left.

在左邊可見模糊的甲狀腺實質邊緣。

來自辭典例句

3. Cracks will occur in the region of the thyroid cartilage because of deglutition.

甲狀軟骨部分會由于吞咽動作而龜裂.

來自辭典例句

4. Thyroid cancer would have been diagnosed at least a year before his death.

甲狀腺癌可以在他死前一年就被診斷出來.

來自電影對白

5. Two side thyroid gland appearance, densities such as often.

兩側甲狀腺形態 、 密度如常.

來自互聯網