hypoparathyroidism

1. 1.

   inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood

   Antonymshyperparathyroidism

   Broaderglandular disease

Other forms of hypoparathyroidism

plural

hypoparathyroidisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypoparathyroidism

What does hypoparathyroidism mean?

hypoparathyroidism means "inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood".

How many syllables are in hypoparathyroidism?

hypoparathyroidism has 7 syllables: hy-po-pa-ra-thy-roi-dism. The stress falls on "thy".

What is the opposite of hypoparathyroidism?

The recorded antonyms are hyperparathyroidism.

Is hypoparathyroidism a common word?

hypoparathyroidism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.