Parathyroid Gland (Definition) There are four pea sized parathyroid glands located behind your thyroid gland, two on each side. These glands secrete a hormone which is resonsible for your calcium balance. These glands can enlarge to secrete too much hormone causing symptoms and sometimes requiring surgical intervention.
Anosmia (/aenËÉzmiÉ/) Ã¦nËÉzmiÉ is the inability to perceive odor or a lack of functioning âolfaction the loss of the sense of. smell
Medical Definition of ANEMIA. 1. : a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volumeâsee aplastic anemia, hyperchromic anemia, hypochromic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, microcytic anemia, pernicious anemia, sickle-cell anemia; compare oligocythemia.2. : ischemia.. : a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volumeâsee aplastic anemia, hyperchromic anemia, hypochromic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, microcytic anemia, pernicious anemia, sickle-cell anemia; compare oligocythemia. 2. : ischemia.