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parathyroiditis

parathyroiditis noun: inflammation of the parathyroid gland.

Noun

parathyroiditis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the parathyroid gland

Origin of parathyroiditis

From parathyroid + -itis.

Questions about parathyroiditis

What does parathyroiditis mean?
Parathyroiditis means inflammation of the parathyroid gland.
What part of speech is parathyroiditis?
Parathyroiditis is a noun.

Words near parathyroiditis in the dictionary

  1. parathyroidectomized
  2. parathyroidectomizes
  3. parathyroidectomizing
  4. parathyroidectomy
  5. parathyroidism
  6. parathyroiditis
  7. parathyroids
  8. paratitla
  9. paratitles
  10. Parato
  11. paratocarpin

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