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parathyroid glands

parathyroid glands is the plural of parathyroid gland.

Meaning of parathyroid gland

Noun

parathyroid gland (plural parathyroid glands)

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

Questions about parathyroid glands

What is parathyroid glands the plural of?
Parathyroid glands is the plural of parathyroid gland.

Words near parathyroid glands in the dictionary

  1. parathormones
  2. parathymic
  3. parathyrin
  4. parathyroid
  5. parathyroid gland
  6. parathyroid glands
  7. parathyroid hormone
  8. parathyroid hormones
  9. parathyroidal
  10. parathyroidectomies
  11. parathyroidectomised

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