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Thyroid gland

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
  2. 2
    located near the base of the neck wordnet

Etymology

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

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