parathyroid gland

noun

Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.

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Meanings

nounparathyroid gland (plural parathyroid glands)

plural parathyroid glands

  1. anatomyAny one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland

Similar
parathyroid
Broader
endocrine glandendocrineductless gland
Also see
epithelial bodyparathyroid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bengali প্যারাথাইরয়েড গ্রন্থি
  • প্যারাথাইরয়েড গ্রন্থি (pêrathairoẏeḍ gronthi)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Chinese Mandarin 甲狀旁腺 /甲状旁腺, 副甲狀腺 /副甲状腺
  • 甲狀旁腺 /甲状旁腺 (jiǎzhuàngpángxiàn)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • 副甲狀腺 /副甲状腺 (fùjiǎzhuàngxiàn)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Czech příštítné tělísko
  • příštítné tělískoany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Dutch bijschildklier
  • bijschildklierany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Finnish lisäkilpirauhanen
  • lisäkilpirauhanenany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
French glande parathyroïde, parathyroïde
  • glande parathyroïdeany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • parathyroïdeany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Greek παραθυρεοειδής αδένας
  • παραθυρεοειδής αδένας (parathyreoeidís adénas)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Hungarian mellékpajzsmirigy
  • mellékpajzsmirigyany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Icelandic kalkkirtill
  • kalkkirtillany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Japanese 副甲状腺
  • 副甲状腺 (fukukōjōsen)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Korean 부갑상샘
  • 부갑상샘 (bugapsangsaem)any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Persian غده پاراتیروئید
  • غده پاراتیروئیدany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Polish gruczoł przytarczyczny, przytarczyca
  • gruczoł przytarczycznyany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • przytarczycaany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Portuguese paratiroide, paratireoide
  • paratiroideany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • paratireoideany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Romanian glandă paratiroidă
  • glandă paratiroidăany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Slovak prištítne teliesko
  • prištítne telieskoany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Spanish paratiroide
  • paratiroideany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Swedish bisköldkörtel, paratyreoidea
  • bisköldkörtelany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • paratyreoideaany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Vietnamese tuyến cận giáp
  • tuyến cận giápany one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
Cite this entry
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Chicago

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