Topic: HUMAN
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Modern Latin |
| Origin: | thyroides, from Greek thyreoeides 'shield-shaped', from thyreos 'shield shaped like a door', from thyra 'door'; from the shape of the cartilage at the front of the throat |
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thy‧roid
also thyroid gland [countable]
also thyroid gland [countable]HBH an organ in your neck that produces substances that affect the way your body grows and the way you behave
