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Parathyroid Gland

Definition: Parathyroid Gland

Parathyroid Gland

Noun

1. Any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Parathyroid Gland

Synonym: parathyroid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Parathyroid Gland

Specialty definitions using "parathyroid gland": Parathyroid GlandsTolonium Chloride. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Parathyroid Gland

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Books

  • Parathyroid Gland (reference)

  • Parathyroid Gland (Endocrinology, Vol 7) (reference)

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Genes Expressed in the Parathyroid Gland (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations, 865) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Parathyroid Gland

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Health

Very rarely, hyperparathyroidism is caused by cancer of a parathyroid gland. (references)

Recent clinical studies using calcitriol and its analogs to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism suggest that parathyroid gland function may be controlled pharmacologically. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Parathyroid Gland

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

parathyroid gland

71
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Modern Translations: Parathyroid Gland

Language Translations for "parathyroid gland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

glandulae parathyreoideae (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), biskjoldbruskkirtlerne (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

glandulae parathyreoideae superior et inferior (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), bijschildklieren (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

French

  

parathyroïde supérieure et inférieure (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), parathyroïde (inferior et superior parathyroid gland, parathyroid, parathyroids). (various references)

   

German

  

Verneuil Drüsen (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), Nebenschilddrüsen (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), Glandulae parathyreoideae craniales et caudales (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), Glandula parathyreoidea superior et inferior (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), Glandula parathyreoidea (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), Epithelkörperchen (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραθυρεοειδείς αδένες (inferior et superior parathyroid gland), επιθηλιακά σωμάτια (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arathyroidpay andglay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

glândulas paratiróides superior e inferior (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

паращитовидная железа (parathyroid). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

paratiroides (inferior et superior parathyroid gland, parathyroid, parathyroids), glándula paratiroides (inferior et superior parathyroid gland). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bisköldkörtel. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

paratiorit bezi (parathyroid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Parathyroid Gland

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-d-g-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-r-t-y"

-5 letters: gradational, parathyroid, radiography.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Parathyroid Gland


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 72 61 74 68 79 72 6F 69 64      47 6C 61 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101000 01111001 01110010 01101111 01101001 01100100 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#104 &#121 &#114 &#111 &#105 &#100 &#32 &#71 &#108 &#97 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0072 0061 0074 0068 0079 0072 006F 0069 0064      0047 006C 0061 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

506784678674918481757024178678070

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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