hyperparathyroidism
noun
hyperparathyroidism is a noun meaning “An abnormal increase in parathyroid gland activity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-A-R-A-T-H-Y-R-O-I-D-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperparathyroidism is hyperparathyroidisms.
What does hyperparathyroidism mean?
noun
- 1
An abnormal increase in parathyroid gland activity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperparathyroidism
- hyperparathyroidisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperparathyroidism?
Hyperparathyroidism appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperparathyroidism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense abnormal increase in parathyroid gland activity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hyperparathyreoidismus |
| Portuguese | hiperparatiroidismo |
| Spanish | hiperparatiroidismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.