Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parathyroid hormone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: parathy-roid hor-mone
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polypeptide hormone that is released by the chief cells of the parathyroid glands and is involved in raising the levels of calcium ions in the blood.

Inflected Forms

parathyroid hormones (plural) PTH (abbreviation)

Synonyms

parathormone parathyrin

Questions

What does parathyroid hormone mean?: A polypeptide hormone that is released by the chief cells of the parathyroid glands and is involved in raising the levels of calcium ions in the blood.

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