[go: up one dir, main page]
Wiktionary

thyroid gland

English

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

Etymology

edit

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

Noun

edit

thyroid gland (plural thyroid glands)

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

Translations

edit

See also

edit

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=thyroid_gland&oldid=82019259"