thyroid gland
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈθaɪrɔɪd ɡlænd/
- Specialized
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glándula tiroides
- Ultrasonography showed a unilocular cystic mass and a normal-appearing thyroid gland.
And in those rats he found ulcers, their thyroid gland wasted away.
- And in those rats he found ulcers, their thyroid gland wasted away.
- And to protect the thyroid gland, take potassium iodide tablets.
- And to be clear, the thyroid gland is notoriously difficult to image.
- That's why a lot of people develop thyroid cancer from the radioactive iodine that your your thyroid gland absorbs.
- And those antibodies then go to the thyroid and attack your own thyroid gland.
- That the human thyroid gland needs iodine hardly means that life wouldn't have been possible some other way.
- Now, if you give those patients radioactive iodine, that kills off a significant fraction of the cells in the thyroid gland and can solve the problem permanently.
Examples
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This is a problem with your immune system inappropriately attacking your thyroid gland or some part of your thyroid function.
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In its turn, the thyroid gland is controlled by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) secreted by the pituitary gland.
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I also had a growth in my thyroid gland, and half of it was removed.
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And to be clear, the thyroid gland is notoriously difficult to image.
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Human calcitonin is produced in the thyroid gland.
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So hypothyroidism, we all know our thyroid gland is about here in our throat.
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I've even been accused of having an overactive thyroid gland.
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And to protect the thyroid gland, take potassium iodide tablets.
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This iodine will accumulate in the thyroid gland, and if it decays, that can damage cells and cause cancer.
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If a person becomes iodine-deficient, his or her thyroid gland will enlarge to form a 'goiter.'
Synonyms
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4.4
A gland in the neck that makes hormones that control growth and how the body uses energy
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A part of the body that makes hormones and sends them into the blood
How Big
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('a gland in the neck that produces hormones') is directly derivable from combining 'thyroid' (a specific gland in the neck) with 'gland' (an organ that releases hormones). The noun+noun type‑of relationship is a regular, cross‑linguistic compositional pattern, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Thyroid gland gets its name from old words. Thyroid meant 'shield' because the gland looks like a small shield at the front of the neck, and gland was a word for a small round object that later came to mean a body part that makes hormones, so the name helps remind us it controls energy and growth.