See Also: Parathyroid(medicine)
parathyroid(dictionary)
parathyroid insufficiency(medicine)
Parathyroid hormone(medicine)
parathyroid hormones(medicine)
hormone, parathyroid(medicine)
Parathyroid tetany(medicine)
parathyroid glands(medicine)
parathyroid osteosis(medicine)
Parathyroid glands(health)

Parathyroid glands (health) and must(7) (iou)


Parathyroid glands (health)


Located in front of the neck, below the larynx (voice box). The parathyroid glands play a role in the regulation of the body's calcium balance.





must(7) (iou)



must noun4 & adjective1. E17.
[from MUST verb1.]
A. noun.
The verb must as conveying command, expressing necessity, etc. E17.
A thing that cannot or should not be overlooked or missed; a necessity. colloq. L19.
J. Wyndham We had finished adding our own secondary wants to the list of musts. S. Bellow Daddyyou have to read it. A must!
b. attrib. or as adjective. Essential, mandatory, obligatory. colloq. E20.
New Statesman Those women's periodicals..which are still 'must-reading' for debutantes. New Yorker The Planning Commission..has yet to act on either of these two must items.