Word: thyreoid
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...theory of thyroid action or goiter cause had thorough, assured adherence at Memphis last week. Speakers still felt obliged to define terms meticulously. The thyroid is a double-lobed ductless gland in the neck, which ancients compared to a shield. (Greek thyreos means shield, and the word is properly thyreoid.) But the thyroid spans the windpipe more like a pair of saddle bags. In most people the lobes can be seen as gentle swells along the sides of the neck above the collar bone. The thyroid increases in size normally and temporarily in boys and girls at puberty, in women...
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