thyroid gland

English

A thyroid gland prepared in 1925 as a medical specimen in the collection of the Anatomisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

Etymology

From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656.

Noun

thyroid gland (plural thyroid glands)

  1. (anatomy) A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.

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