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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
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
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
qalxanabənzər ətraf vəziləri
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Bengali:
প্যারাথাইরয়েড গ্রন্থি
(pêrathairoẏeḍ gronthi)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Chinese Mandarin:
甲狀旁腺 /甲状旁腺
(jiǎzhuàngpángxiàn)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Chinese Mandarin:
副甲狀腺 /副甲状腺
(fùjiǎzhuàngxiàn)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Czech:
příštítné tělísko
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Dutch:
bijschildklier
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Finnish:
lisäkilpirauhanen
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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French:
glande parathyroïde
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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French:
parathyroïde
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Greek:
παραθυρεοειδής αδένας
(parathyreoeidís adénas)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Hungarian:
mellékpajzsmirigy
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Icelandic:
kalkkirtill
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Japanese:
副甲状腺
(fukukōjōsen)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Kazakh:
қалқаншамаңы безі
(qalqanşamañy bezı)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Korean:
부갑상샘
(bugapsangsaem)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Malayalam:
പാരാതൈറോയ്ഡ് ഗ്രന്ഥി
(pārātaiṟōyḍŭ granthi)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Navajo:
alohkʼeʼ dah yikahjí
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Odia:
ପାରାଥାଇରଏଡ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥି
(pārāthāiraeḍa granthi)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Persian:
غده پاراتیروئید
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Polish:
gruczoł przytarczyczny
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Polish:
przytarczyca
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Portuguese:
paratiroide
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Portuguese:
paratireoide
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Romanian:
glandă paratiroidă
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Slovak:
prištítne teliesko
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Spanish:
paratiroide
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Swedish:
bisköldkörtel
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Swedish:
paratyreoidea
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Telugu:
పారాథైరాయిడ్ గ్రంధి
(pārāthairāyiḍ grandhi)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Uyghur:
قالقانسىمان يان بەز
(qalqansiman yan bez)
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck
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Vietnamese:
tuyến cận giáp
— any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck