goitre
Britishnoun
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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
A goitre produces more thyroid hormone than the body requires, observed Dr. Lahey, causes more energy to be dissipated than the body can afford to expend.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toxic goitre, which frequently accompanies diabetes, is caused by strain on the thyroid gland, which regulates energy production.
From Time Magazine Archive
In goitre the swelling is conspicuous and is not only unsightly but may occasion much discomfort from its pressure upon the windpipe and other important parts of the neck.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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