Parathyroid

Definition: Parathyroid

Parathyroid

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Parathyroid

Domain	Definitions
Health	1. situated beside the thyroid gland. 2. one of the parathyroid glands. 3. a sterile preparation of the water-soluble principle(s) of the parathyroid glands, ad-ministered parenterally as an antihypocalcaemic, especially in the treatment of acute hypoparathyroidism with tetany. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Parathyroid

Synonym: parathyroid gland (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Parathyroid

English words defined with "parathyroid": hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism ♦ parathormone, parathyroid gland, parathyroid hormone. (references)

Specialty definitions using "parathyroid": Calcitriol ♦ Parathyroid Glands, Parathyroid Neoplasms, Parathyroidectomy ♦ Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone ♦ Tolonium Chloride. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Parathyroid

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Parathyroid Cancer (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Atlas of Tumor Pathology: Tumors of Parathyroid Glands (Atlas of Tumor Pathology, 3rd Series, Vol 6) (reference) Biopsy Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid (Biopsy Pathology) (reference) Parathyroid Hormone - Related Protein: Normal Physiology and Its Role in Cancer (reference) Parathyroid Surgery (Progress in Surgery, Vol 18) (reference) The Parathyroid Hormone: An Unexpected Bone Builder for Treating Osteoporosis (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Parathyroid

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some children also have underdeveloped parathyroid glands. (references)
		In MEN1, all four parathyroid glands tend to be overactive. (references)
		Primary hyperparathyroidism is a disorder of the parathyroid glands. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Parathyroid

"Parathyroid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Parathyroid" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	10	111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Parathyroid

Expressions using "parathyroid": parathyroid gland ♦ Parathyroid Glands ♦ parathyroid hormone ♦ Parathyroid Hormones ♦ Parathyroid Neoplasms. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Parathyroid

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
parathyroid	225
parathyroid gland	71
parathyroid hormone	42
parathyroid surgery	24
parathyroid disease	20
parathyroid adenoma	14
disorder parathyroid	8
parathyroid cancer	7
parathyroid scan	6
parathyroid tumor	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Parathyroid

Language		Translations for "parathyroid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏جنبدرقي خاص بالغدة الجنبدرقية. (various references)

Chinese		副�"�状腺. (various references)

Danish		parathyreoid. (various references)

Dutch		parathyreoïd. (various references)

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

German		Nebenschilddrüse. (various references)

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

Italian		paratiroideo. (various references)

Korean		부갑상� . (various references)

Pig Latin		arathyroidpay.(various references)

Portuguese		paratiróide. (various references)

Russian		околощитовидная железа, паращитовидная железа (parathyroid gland). (various references)

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

Swedish		bisköldkörtel (parathyroid gland). (various references)

Turkish		paratiorit bezi (parathyroid gland). (various references)

Ukranian		прищитовидна залоза. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Parathyroid

Derivations
	Words beginning with "parathyroid": parathyroidectomies, parathyroidectomized, parathyroidectomy, parathyroids. (additional references)
	Words containing "parathyroid": hyperparathyroidism, hyperparathyroidisms, hypoparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Parathyroid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pyrethroid. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Parathyroid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-i-o-p-r-r-t-y"
	-3 letters: atrophia, hydrator, podiatry, radiator.
	-4 letters: adaptor, airdrop, airport, atrophy, hardtop, parador, parotid, parroty, phratry, phytoid, portray, thyroid, topiary, tripody, typhoid.
	-5 letters: adroit, apathy, apiary, datary, hairdo, horary, horrid, hydria, pardah, pariah, parity, parody, parrot, piraya, priory, raphia, raptor, rarity, ritard, rotary, thoria, torpid, torrid, tripod, trophy.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-i-o-p-r-r-t-y"
	+1 letter: parathyroids, radiotherapy.
	+4 letters: autoradiography, radioautography, radiotelegraphy.
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