Hypoparathyroidism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    deficiency of parathyroid hormone. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood wordnet

Etymology

From hypo- + parathyroid + -ism.

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