different between parathormone vs calcitonin

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

parathormone (plural parathormones)

1. parathyroid hormone

French

Etymology

From parathyroïde + hormone

Noun

parathormone f (plural parathormones)

1. parathyroid hormone

Further reading

• “parathormone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• thyrocalcitonin

Etymology

From calci- +? tonic +? -in.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæl.s??t??.n?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæl.s??to?.n?n/

Noun

calcitonin (countable and uncountable, plural calcitonins)

1. (biochemistry) A polypeptide hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.
2. (pharmacology) A synthetic or recombinant form of calcitonin used to treat Paget disease of bone and postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Translations

References

• “calcitonin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “calcitonin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• conciliant