Meanings
nounthyroid gland (plural thyroid glands)
plural thyroid glands
- anatomyA large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinglandula thyreoidea
- Englishthyroid gland
From New Latin glandula thyreoidea, coined by Thomas Wharton in 1656.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غُدَّة دَرَقِيَّة
- غُدَّة دَرَقِيَّة (ḡudda daraqiyya)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Bulgarian щитови́дна жлеза́
- щитови́дна жлеза́ (štitovídna žlezá)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Catalan tiroide
- tiroidelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Chinese Mandarin 甲狀腺 /甲状腺
- 甲狀腺 /甲状腺 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Czech štítná žláza
- štítná žlázalarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Dutch schildklier
- schildklierlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Esperanto tiroido
- tiroidolarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Estonian kilpnääre
- kilpnäärelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Finnish kilpirauhanen
- kilpirauhanenlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
French glande thyroïde
- glande thyroïdelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
German Schilddrüse
- Schilddrüselarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Hebrew בַּלּוּטַת הַתְּרִיס
- בַּלּוּטַת הַתְּרִיס (balutát hatrís)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Hungarian pajzsmirigy
- pajzsmirigylarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Icelandic skjaldkirtill
- skjaldkirtilllarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Indonesian kelenjar tiroid
- kelenjar tiroidlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Irish faireog thíoróideach
- faireog thíoróideachlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Japanese 甲状腺
- 甲状腺 (kōjōsen)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Korean 갑상샘
- 갑상샘 (gapsangsaem)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Latvian vairogdziedzeris
- vairogdziedzerislarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Lithuanian skydliaukė
- skydliaukėlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Māori repe tenga
- repe tengalarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Polish tarczyca
- tarczycalarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Portuguese tiroide, tireoide
- tiroidelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- tireoidelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Romanian tiroidă, glandă tiroidă
- tiroidălarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- glandă tiroidălarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Russian щитови́дная железа́
- щитови́дная железа́ (ščitovídnaja železá)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Slovak štítna žľaza
- štítna žľazalarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Spanish tiroides, glándula tiroides
- tiroideslarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- glándula tiroideslarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Swahili tezi dundumio
- tezi dundumiolarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Swedish sköldkörtel, tyreoidea
- sköldkörtellarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
- tyreoidealarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Tagalog tiroyde
- tiroydelarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Thai ต่อมไทรอยด์
- ต่อมไทรอยด์ (dtɔ̀m-tai-rɔɔi)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Turkish kalkan bezi
- kalkan bezilarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Ukrainian щитоподі́бна за́лоза
- щитоподі́бна за́лоза (ščytopodíbna záloza)large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Vietnamese tuyến giáp
- tuyến giáplarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Welsh chwarren thyroid
- chwarren thyroidlarge butterfly-shaped endocrine gland
Cite this entry
APA
thyroid gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroid%20gland
MLA
“thyroid gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroid%20gland. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thyroid gland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thyroid%20gland.
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