PARATHYROID HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parathyroid hormone mean? 

• PARATHYROID HORMONE (noun)
  The noun PARATHYROID HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PARATHYROID HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARATHYROID HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

parathormone; parathyroid hormone

Hypernyms ("parathyroid hormone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

 Context examples 

This protein is released from the full length chromogranin-A protein by caspase cleavage and plays a role in the inhibition of the release of chromogranin-A, parathyroid hormone and somatostatin.

(Pancreastatin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called parathyrin, parathyroid hormone, and PTH.

(Parathormone, NCI Dictionary)

A measurement of the N-terminal fragment of parathyroid hormone in a biological specimen.

(N-Terminal Parathyroid Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of N-terminal parathyroid hormone present in a sample.

(N-Terminal Parathyroid Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the intact parathyroid hormone (consisting of amino acids 1-84 or 7-84) in a biological specimen.

(Intact Parathyroid Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The parathyroid glands make parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps your body keep the right balance of calcium and phosphorous.

(Parathyroid Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The parathyroid hormone made by these glands increases the calcium level in the blood.

(Parathyroid gland, NCI Dictionary)

Paricalcitol binds to the vitamin D receptor and has been shown to reduce parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels.

(Paricalcitol, NCI Thesaurus)

Both PTHrP (1-36) and PTH (1-34) bind to the type 1 parathyroid hormone receptor (PTH1R), a specific seven-transmembrane-helix-containing G protein-coupled receptor mainly located in bone and kidney cells.

(Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein (1-36), NCI Thesaurus)

A process that involves the non-covalent binding of parathyroid hormone to one of the parathyroid hormone receptors.

(Parathyroid Hormone Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)