thyroid gland

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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. Removal due to thyroid cancer is termed a total thyroidectomy.

Translations

large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland

Arabic: غدة درقية (ar) (ghúdda daraqíyya) f. Armenian: վահանագեղձ (hy) (vahanageġj) Chinese: Mandarin: 甲狀腺 (cmn), 甲状腺 (cmn) (jiǎzhuàngxiàn) Czech: štítná žláza (cs) f. Dutch: schildklier (nl) Esperanto: tiroido (eo) Estonian: kilpnääre (et) Finnish: kilpirauhanen (fi) French: glande thyroïde (fr) f.

German: Schilddrüse (de) Hungarian: pajzsmirigy (hu) Icelandic: skjaldkirtill (is) m. Irish: faireog thíoróideach (ga) f. Japanese: 甲状腺 (ja) (こうじょうせん, kōjōsen) Polish: tarczyca (pl) f. Russian: щитовидная железа (ru) (ščitovídnaja železá) f. Spanish: tiroides (es) f., glándula tiroides (es) Swedish: sköldkörtel (sv) c.

See also

• goitre