# thyroid gland

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
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