See Also: lingula of left lung(medicine)
left lung segments(medicine)
cardiac notch of left lung(medicine)
Lingula(medicine)
lingula(dictionary)
lingula cerebelli(medicine)
lingula mandibulae(medicine)
lingula sphenoidalis(medicine)
lingula of cerebellum(medicine)
lingula of mandible(medicine)

parathyroid (iou) and lingula of left lung (medicine)


parathyroid (iou)



parathyroid adjective & noun. L19.
[from PARA-1 + THYROID.]
A. adjective. Designating any of several glands adjoining or within the thyroid gland; designating the hormone produced by these glands in higher vertebrates, which increases the amount of calcium in the blood and the excretion of phosphate by the kidneys. L19.
b. noun. Any of the parathyroid glands. L19.
,parathyroi'dectomize verb trans. perform parathyroidectomy on E20.
,parathyroi'dectomy noun (an instance of) surgical removal of some or all of the parathyroids E20.

lingula of left lung (medicine)


lingula of left lung


An inferomedial projection from the anterior aspect of the upper lobe of the left lung which bounds the cardiac notch inferiorly.

Synonym: lingula pulmonis sinistri.