fibrous goiter

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A firm hyperplasia of the thyroid and its capsule.

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What happens is that the inflammation of the liver triggered by the infection causes it to contract and it becomes a fibrous blob.
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But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.
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“Fibrous” applies metaphorically to mental qualities; it means strong, sinewy—high talents, just below genius.
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The essential point in which it differs from any other known mineral consists in its being at once fibrous and textile.
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At Rockhausen, not far from Erfurth, in Prussia, there fell a great quantity of a fibrous matter resembling human hair.
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The larger ropes used by them, two inches in diameter, were made from the fibrous roots of the spruce.
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