thyroid gland
thyroid gland noun: a large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
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Noun
thyroid gland (plural thyroid glands)
- A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
thyroid gland meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Sanskrit
thyroid gland in Tamil
- தைராய்டு சுரப்பி, புரிசைச் சுரப்பி, கழுத்துக் கேடய சுரப்பி, கேடயப்போலிச்சுரப்பி, கேடயச் சுரப்பி, தமஸ் சுரப்பி
thyroid gland in Marathi
- large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- अवटु ग्रंथी avṭu granthī
thyroid gland in Telugu
- large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- గళగ్రంథి gaḷagranthi
thyroid gland in Sanskrit
- large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- गलग्रंथि galagraṃthi
More languagesFewer languages
- thyroid gland in Tagalog
- tiroyde
- thyroid gland in Arabic
- غُدَّة دَرَقِيَّة ḡudda daraqiyya
- thyroid gland in Indonesian
- kelenjar tiroid
- thyroid gland in Thai
- ต่อมไทรอยด์ dtɔ̀m-tai-rɔɔi
- thyroid gland in Vietnamese
- tuyến giáp
Forms of thyroid gland
| plural | thyroid glands |
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Origin of thyroid gland
From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656.
Questions about thyroid gland
- What does thyroid gland mean?
- Thyroid gland means a large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
- What is thyroid gland in Tamil?
- Thyroid gland in Tamil is தைராய்டு சுரப்பி, புரிசைச் சுரப்பி, கழுத்துக் கேடய சுரப்பி. See Thyroid gland meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thyroid gland?
- Thyroid gland is a noun.
- What is the plural of thyroid gland?
- The plural of thyroid gland is thyroid glands.
Words near thyroid gland in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thyroid gland (page history and authors); thyroid gland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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