PARATHYROID GLAND


Meaning of PARATHYROID GLAND in English

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1895

: any of usually four small endocrine glands that are adjacent to or embedded in the thyroid gland and produce parathyroid hormone

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