thyroid gland

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large butterfly-shaped endocrine gland situated on the front of the neck that produces various hormones.

Equivalents

Españolglándula tiroides tiroides

Françaisglande thyroïde

DeutschSchilddrüse

30 more languages

العربيةغُدَّة دَرَقِيَّة

Azərbaycan diliqalxanabənzər vəzi

བོད་སྐད།ལྦ་བ

Bosanskištitnjača штитњача

Češtinaštítná žláza

Cymraegchwarren thyroid

Esperantotiroido

Eestikilpnääre

Suomikilpirauhanen

Gaeilgefaireog thíoróideach

Hrvatskištitnjača штитњача

Magyarpajzsmirigy

Հայերենվահանագեղձ

Bahasa Indonesiakelenjar tiroid

Íslenskaskjaldkirtill

日本語甲状腺

한국어갑상샘

Latviešuvairogdziedzeris

Монголбамбай булчирхай

Nederlandsschildklier

Polskigruczoł tarczycowy tarczyca

Portuguêstireóide tiroide

Românăglandă tiroidă tiroidă

Русскийщитови́дная железа́

Српскиštitnjača штитњача

Svenskasköldkörtel

తెలుగుగళగ్రంథి

ไทยต่อมไทรอยด์

Türkçekalkan bezi

Українськащитоподі́бна за́лоза

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

thyroid hormone thyroid panel thyroid storm thyroid-stimulating hormone Thyroidal thyroidectomy

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