Thyroid

['θaɪrɒɪd] or ['θaɪrɔɪd]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) suggestive of a thyroid disorder; 'thyroid personality' .

(adj.) of or relating to the thyroid gland; 'thyroid deficiency'; 'thyroidal uptake' .

錄入:沃尔特--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal.

休伯特校對

解釋/意思:

adj. in the form of a shield: denoting a cartilage constituting the anterior upper part of the larynx popularly called Adam's apple: denoting a vascular or ductless gland which arises in the earlier human embryo as an ingrowth from the lower part of the pharynx (see Myxœdema).

編輯:梅齐