Phrase guide

parathyroid gland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parathyroid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qalxanabənzər ətraf vəziləri — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Bengali: প্যারাথাইরয়েড গ্রন্থি (pêrathairoẏeḍ gronthi) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甲狀旁腺 /甲状旁腺 (jiǎzhuàngpángxiàn) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副甲狀腺 /副甲状腺 (fùjiǎzhuàngxiàn) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Czech: příštítné tělísko — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Dutch: bijschildklier — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Finnish: lisäkilpirauhanen — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • French: glande parathyroïde — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • French: parathyroïde — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Greek: παραθυρεοειδής αδένας (parathyreoeidís adénas) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Hungarian: mellékpajzsmirigy — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Icelandic: kalkkirtill — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Japanese: 副甲状腺 (fukukōjōsen) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Kazakh: қалқаншамаңы безі (qalqanşamañy bezı) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Korean: 부갑상샘 (bugapsangsaem) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Malayalam: പാരാതൈറോയ്ഡ് ഗ്രന്ഥി (pārātaiṟōyḍŭ granthi) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Navajo: alohkʼeʼ dah yikahjí — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Odia: ପାରାଥାଇରଏଡ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥି (pārāthāiraeḍa granthi) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Persian: غده پاراتیروئید — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Polish: gruczoł przytarczyczny — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Polish: przytarczyca — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Portuguese: paratiroide — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Portuguese: paratireoide — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Romanian: glandă paratiroidă — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Slovak: prištítne teliesko — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Spanish: paratiroide — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Swedish: bisköldkörtel — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Swedish: paratyreoidea — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Telugu: పారాథైరాయిడ్ గ్రంధి (pārāthairāyiḍ grandhi) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Uyghur: قالقانسىمان يان بەز (qalqansiman yan bez) — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
  • Vietnamese: tuyến cận giáp — any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck