来自希腊语 thyreoiedes,盾形的，来自 thyra,门，词源同 door,-eides,形状，形体，即常见后缀 -oid,类。古希腊著名医生 Galan 借用该词用以指甲状腺，因其形如盾甲而得名。
英文词源
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.
中文解释
1. door => thyr- ( d -> th, oo -> u ->y ) + -oid.2. => the things that like door-shaped shield.
实用例句
1. Iodine tends to localize in the thyroid.
碘容易集于甲状腺.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. A rim of thyroid parenchyma is seen at the left.
在左边可见模糊的甲状腺实质边缘。
来自辞典例句
3. Cracks will occur in the region of the thyroid cartilage because of deglutition.
甲状软骨部分会由于吞咽动作而龟裂.
来自辞典例句
4. Thyroid cancer would have been diagnosed at least a year before his death.
甲状腺癌可以在他死前一年就被诊断出来.
来自电影对白
5. Two side thyroid gland appearance, densities such as often.
