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A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
located near the base of the neck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thyroid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غُدَّة دَرَقِيَّة
(ḡudda daraqiyya)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Arabic:
غدة درقية
(ğuda daraqeya)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Armenian:
վահանագեղձ
(vahanageġj)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Asturian:
tiroides
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Azerbaijani:
qalxanabənzər vəzi
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Bulgarian:
щитови́дна жлеза́
(štitovídna žlezá)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Catalan:
tiroide
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Chinese Mandarin:
甲狀腺 /甲状腺
(jiǎzhuàngxiàn)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Crimean Tatar:
qalqan bezi
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Czech:
štítná žláza
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Dutch:
schildklier
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Esperanto:
tiroido
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Estonian:
kilpnääre
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Finnish:
kilpirauhanen
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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French:
glande thyroïde
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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North Frisian:
Sjiltdrüüs
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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West-Frisian:
skyldklier
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Galician:
tiroide
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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German:
Schilddrüse
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Hebrew:
בַּלּוּטַת הַתְּרִיס
(balutát hatrís)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Hungarian:
pajzsmirigy
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Icelandic:
skjaldkirtill
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Indonesian:
kelenjar tiroid
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Irish:
faireog thíoróideach
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Japanese:
甲状腺
(kōjōsen)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Javanese:
klanjer gondhok
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Korean:
갑상샘
(gapsangsaem)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Latvian:
vairogdziedzeris
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Lithuanian:
skydliaukė
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Māori:
repe tenga
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Marathi:
अवटु ग्रंथी
(avṭu granthī)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Mongolian:
бамбай булчирхай
(bambaj bulčirxaj)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Navajo:
alohkʼeʼ kʼaalógii nahalinígíí
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Occitan:
tiroïde
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Pannonian Rusyn:
щитни шлїжнїк
(ščitni šljižnjik)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Polish:
tarczyca
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Portuguese:
tiroide
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Portuguese:
tireoide
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Romanian:
tiroidă
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Romanian:
glandă tiroidă
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Russian:
щитови́дная железа́
(ščitovídnaja železá)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Sanskrit:
गलग्रंथि
(galagraṃthi)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Slovak:
štítna žľaza
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Spanish:
tiroides
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Spanish:
glándula tiroides
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Swedish:
sköldkörtel
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Swedish:
tyreoidea
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Tagalog:
tiroyde
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Telugu:
గళగ్రంథి
(gaḷagranthi)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Thai:
ต่อมไทรอยด์
(dtɔ̀m-tai-rɔɔi)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Tibetan:
ལྦ་བ
(lba ba)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Turkish:
kalkan bezi
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Ukrainian:
щитоподі́бна за́лоза
(ščytopodíbna záloza)
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Vietnamese:
tuyến giáp
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
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Welsh:
chwarren thyroid
— large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
