parathyroid hormone

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   hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting

   Synonymsparathormone

   Broaderhormone

Questions about parathyroid hormone

What does parathyroid hormone mean?

parathyroid hormone means "hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting".

What is another word for parathyroid hormone?

Close synonyms include parathormone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parathyroid hormone a common word?

parathyroid hormone 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.