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      parathyroid
      noun
      any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland
      Roots
      parapara- · Greek · beside, alongsidethyreosthyr- · Greek · shieldoeides-oid · Greek · like, resembling
      Words related to parathyroid
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