- a variation of goiter.
goitre
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of goitre
C17: from French goitre, from Old French goitron, ultimately from Latin guttur throat
Example Sentences
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Hernia, goitre and the flowering boil Lie bare beneath his hands, for ever bare.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2020
By the early 1930s international Shanghai was, as Paul French puts it, “a festering goitre of badness”.
From Economist ● Jul. 12, 2018
Toxic goitre, which frequently accompanies diabetes, is caused by strain on the thyroid gland, which regulates energy production.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the last three decades goitre surgery has made very rapid progress.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in localities not far removed from those in which goitre prevails, and where the water is of the same chemical composition, the disease may be entirely unknown.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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