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ˌparathyroiˈdectomy
[f. parathyroid s.v. para-1 1 + -ectomy.]
Excision of the parathyroids, or a portion of them.
1903Med. News (Philadelphia) 31 Oct. 823/2 Various detailed studies of the results of complete and partial parathyroidectomy have..been made. 1921Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 898/2 The primary effect in both parathyroidectomy and guanidine poisoning is an abnormal breakdown of tissue proteins. 1971New Scientist 19 Aug. 437/3, I recently had a parathyroidectomy, which was followed, 48 hours later, by acute hypocalcaemia. The effects of this were according to the text book—tingling limbs and fuzzy-headedness. 1974F. Ellis in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery viii. 171 Correction of calcium metabolism defects by the use of vitamin D for rickets and osteomalacia, and by parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism.
Hence ˌparathyroiˈdectomize v. trans., to deprive of the parathyroids; ˌparathyroiˈdectomized ppl. a.
1903Med. News (Philadelphia) 31 Oct. 823/2 The condition into which these parathyroidectomized animals fall after a few days is..as follows. 1922Endocrinology VI. 222 When a litter of eight pure black rats 75 days old..was parathyroidectomized all but two survived the 48 hour period. 1965Lee & Knowles Animal Hormones vi. 107 In the female duck oestrogen administration leads to an elevation of the blood calcium, but it is without effect in the parathyroidectomized animal. 1972Jrnl. Endocrinol. LIV. 107 Bone loss did not occur in parathyroidectomized dogs. |