par|a|thor|mone

par|a|thor|mone
par|a|thor|mone «PAR uh THR mohn», noun.
the hormone produced by the parathyroid glands, which regulates the way the body uses calcium and phosphorus.
[< parath(yroid) + (h)ormone]

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