Methods : Ultrasonographic features of 46 pathologically confirmed thyroid carcinomas were analyzed retrospectively.是什么意思？

Methods : Ultrasonographic features of 46 pathologically confirmed thyroid carcinomas were analyzed retrospectively.

方法回顾分析46例经手术病理证实为甲状腺癌的高频声像图表现.

methods

n. method的复数：方法，方法( method的名词复数 )，方法论，教学法，分类法；

例句
The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs...
老一套方法已不足以满足当前的需要。

features

n. 特征( feature的名词复数 )，特写，[复数]面貌，面貌的一部分（如眼、鼻、口等）；

例句
His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers...
他的名字频繁地出现在各种小报社会专栏的显著位置上。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

pathologically

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例句
Methods : Ultrasonographic features of 46 pathologically confirmed thyroid carcinomas were analyzed retrospectively.
方法回顾分析46例经手术病理证实为甲状腺癌的高频声像图表现.

confirmed

adj. 确认的，坚定的，根深蒂固的；v. 批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)，证实；

例句
This album confirmed The Orb's status as national stars, going straight to Number One in the charts...
这张专辑确立了The Orb作为全国明星的地位，销量直升至排行榜首位。

thyroid

n. 甲状腺，甲状软骨，甲状腺剂，甲状腺粉；adj. 甲状腺的，甲状（软骨）的，盾状的；

例句
Goitre is a disease of the thyroid gland that makes a person's neck very swollen.
甲状腺肿

carcinomas

n. 癌，癌( carcinoma的名词复数 )；

例句
Mutations of Axin have been identified previously in cerebellar medulloblastomas, hepatocellular carcinomas , brest carcinoma and hepatoblastomas.
已经在人髓母细胞瘤 、 肝细胞肝癌 、 肝母细胞瘤及乳腺癌中检测到了Axin基因的突变.

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

analyzed

v. <美>分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )，分解，解释，对…进行心理分析；

例句
The given airfoil is then analyzed to determine, say, its velocity distribution.
由于机翼的分析,以确定那是说, 它的速度分布.

retrospectively

adv. 回顾地；

例句
Method CT manifestations of 60 children with adenoid hypertrophy were retrospectively analyzed.
方法:回顾分析60例儿童腺样体肥大的CT表现.