Parathyroid Disease and hyperparathyroidism can be caused by several things... But, most parathyroid problems occur because one parathyroid gland develops into a benign parathyroid tumor. This page describes what causes the parathyroid gland to go bad and grow into a parathyroid tumor (causing hyperparathyroidism).
antecedent noun [C usually pl]. âº something âexisting or âhappening before, esp. as the âcause of an âevent or âsituation: The âbook âdealt with the âhistorical antecedents of the Civil War.
An antecedent is the word (or words) that a pronoun refers to. The word antecedent means to go before in Latin. It gets its name from the idea that a pronoun refers to something previously mentioned in the sentence. Look at this example: Typically, the antecedent of a pronoun is a noun or a noun phrase. Despite the name, an antecedent does not always come before its pronoun.