Definition of Parathyroid gland

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

Exact synonyms: Parathyroid
Generic synonyms: Ductless Gland, Endocrine, Endocrine Gland

Definition of Parathyroid gland

1. Noun. (anatomy) Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Parathyroid gland

1. Four small endocrine glands lying close or embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. They secrete the hormone parathormone. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parathyroid Gland

paratha
parathas
paratheater
paratheatre
paratheatrical
parathesis
parathetic
parathion
parathion poisoning
parathions
parathormone
parathormones
parathymia
parathyrin
parathyroid
parathyroid gland (current term)
parathyroid glands
parathyroid hormone
parathyroid hormonelike protein
parathyroid hormones
parathyroid osteosis
parathyroid tetany
parathyroidectomies
parathyroidectomy
parathyroids
parathyroprival tetany
parathyrotropic
paratonia
paratonias

Literary usage of Parathyroid gland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"The Treatment of Paralysis Agitans with the parathyroid gland. BERKELEY (Med. Record, 1916, xc, 105) says that further experience seems to justify the ..."

2. Osteoporosis Research, Education and Health Promotion (1993)
"Studies of Osteoporosis and the parathyroid gland A recent research highlight in the GCRC was detection of evidence of reduced activity by the parathyroid ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"DISEASES OF THE parathyroid gland clinician as a clinical entity ante mortem ... E. Diseases of the parathyroid gland Tetany ..."

4. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1907)
"The resemblance of this thyroid and that of the falcon to a parathyroid gland is marked. All the figures represent the same degree of magnification. of the ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
""The Physiology and Chemistry of the parathyroid gland." Jour. Med. Res., vol. xx, No. 2, Feb., 1909. u. MACCALLUM and DAVIDSON. ..."

6. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"The anatomy of the parathyroid gland in man has been worked out by Welsh of ... In dogs, if one parathyroid gland be dissected free from the thyroid lobe, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Parathyroid gland on Dictionary.com!Search for Parathyroid gland on Thesaurus.com!Search for Parathyroid gland on Google!Search for Parathyroid gland on Wikipedia!

Search