parathyroid gland
- noun
- /ˌpærəˈθaɪrɔɪd ɡlænd/
- Specialized
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glándula paratiroides
- The parathyroid gland produces hormones that help regulate calcium levels in the bloodstream.
- thyroid and parathyroid glands
- normal parathyroid gland
- identify all parathyroid glands
It's just a benign tumor of one of your parathyroid glands.
- It's just a benign tumor of one of your parathyroid glands.
- And when vitamin D levels are low, our parathyroid glands produce more what's called PTH, which then can pull calcium out of our bones and weaken them.
Examples
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And when vitamin D levels are low, our parathyroid glands produce more what's called PTH, which then can pull calcium out of our bones and weaken them.
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However, some patients will experience hypocalcemia without any apparent injury to the parathyroid glands.
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Some head and neck surgeons explore both sides and identify all parathyroid glands.
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The thyroid and parathyroid glands also represent sites of primary clear cell tumors of the head and neck.
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Nine of the 10 fibrin glue patients had adenomas, and 1 had hyperplastic parathyroid glands.
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The final diagnosis was a thymic cyst with a normal parathyroid gland (Figure 4).
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The parathyroid glands were identified prior to ligating any branches of the inferior or superior thyroid arteries.
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However, Attie et al. believed that the only criterion for removal in primary hyperparathyroidism is an enlargement of the parathyroid glands.
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All 19 patients who had undergone unilateral exploration had a solitary adenoma and a normal parathyroid gland on the explored side.
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We retrospectively evaluated the cases of 55 patients who had undergone surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism at our institution to determine whether their parathyroid glands were abnormal on both sides.
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Synonyms
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One of four small glands next to the thyroid that control blood calcium levels
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is compositional: 'parathyroid' denotes the endocrine tissue near the thyroid and 'gland' denotes an organ that secretes hormones, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer this is a gland located by/part of the parathyroid. It follows regular medical noun-noun naming patterns and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, making its meaning directly derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Parathyroid gland comes from where it sits: para- means 'beside' and thyroid is the larger gland next to it. These tiny glands sit beside the thyroid and make hormones that help 'control' calcium in the blood, so the name tells you both their place and job.