سپردیس

Persian

Etymology

From سپر (separ, “shield”) +‎ ـدیس (dis, “-shaped”), literally “shield-shaped”. Coined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in 2005 through a Persian calque of Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sipardēs
Dari reading? sipardēs
Iranian reading? separdis
Tajik reading? sipardes

Noun

سپردیس • (separdis)

  1. (anatomy) thyroid
    Synonym: تیروئید (tiro'id)

References

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