Hormone made by the parathyroid gland (behind the thyroid gland in the neck). Parathormone (pronounced para-thor-mone) is critical to calcium and phosphorus balance. Deficiency of parathormone results in abnormally low calcium in the blood (hypocalcemia). Alternative name is parathyrin.
PARATHORMONE
Meaning of PARATHORMONE in English
English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012