thyroid

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanthyroidthy‧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 behaveExamples from the Corpusthyroid• There 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

单词	thyroid
释义	thyroid From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanthyroidthy‧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 behaveExamples from the Corpusthyroid• There 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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