calcitonin, thyrocalcitonin
(noun) thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thyrocalcitonin (countable and uncountable, plural thyrocalcitonins)
(hormone) A hormone, secreted by parenchymal cells, that regulates calcium and phosphate metabolism.
• calcitonin
Source: Wiktionary
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
