Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parathyroid gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: parathy-roid g-land
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

parathyroid glands (plural)

Synonyms

parathyroid

Questions

What does parathyroid gland mean?: Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.

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