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parathyroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables
parathy-roid
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated near the thyroid gland.

adj

Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts.

noun

A parathyroid gland.

noun

A parathyroid hormone.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid From para- + thyroid.

Inflected Forms

parathyroids (plural)

Derived Forms

abaloparatide antiparathyroid aparathyroid euparathyroid hyperparathyroidism hypoparathyroid parathormone parathyroidectomy parathyroiditis teriparatide thyroparathyroid thyroparathyroidectomy

Phrases

parathyroid gland parathyroid hormone

Synonyms

parathyroid gland

Rhymes With

thyroid hypothyroid hyperthyroid euthyroid cricothyroid sternothyroid extrathyroid dysthyroid intrathyroid

Questions

What does parathyroid mean?
Situated near the thyroid gland.
Where does parathyroid come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid From para- + thyroid.

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