Usually means: Glands regulating calcium, phosphate metabolism.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word parathyroid:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. parathyroid: Merriam-Webster
  2. parathyroid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parathyroid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parathyroid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parathyroid: Vocabulary.com
  6. Parathyroid, parathyroid: Wordnik
  7. parathyroid (gland): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. parathyroid: Wiktionary
  9. parathyroid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. parathyroid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. parathyroid: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. parathyroid: Dictionary.com
  13. Parathyroid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. parathyroid: Rhymezone
  15. parathyroid: FreeDictionary.org
  16. parathyroid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. parathyroid: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parathyroid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. parathyroid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. parathyroid, parathyroid-: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parathyroid)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Situated near the thyroid gland.
▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts.
▸ noun:  A parathyroid gland.
▸ noun:  A parathyroid hormone.

Similar:
parathyroid gland, perithyroidal, parapituitary, intrathyroidal, extraparathyroidal, extrathyroid, parapancreatic, juxtapituitary, extrathyroidal, subthoracic, more...

Opposite:
thyroid, hyperthyroidism

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chief, superior, middle, inferior, more...

Phrases:
parathyroid hormone, parathyroid glands, parathyroid gland, parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, more...

Adjectives:
normal, human, inferior, superior, bovine, lower, enlarged, abnormal, intravenous, upper, internal

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Similar:
parathyroid gland, perithyroidal, parapituitary, intrathyroidal, extraparathyroidal, extrathyroid, parapancreatic, juxtapituitary, extrathyroidal, subthoracic, more...

Opposite:
thyroid, hyperthyroidism

Types:
chief, superior, middle, inferior, more...

Phrases:
parathyroid hormone, parathyroid glands, parathyroid gland, parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, parathyroid extract, parathyroid carcinoma, parathyroid tumors, parathyroid hormones, more...

Adjectives:
normal, human, inferior, superior, bovine, lower, enlarged, abnormal, intravenous, upper, internal



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