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goitrous

[ goi-truhs ]

adjective

, Pathology.
  1. pertaining to or affected with goiter.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goitrous1

From the French word goitreux, dating back to 1790–1800. See goiter, -ous
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Example Sentences

He was profoundly ill-proportioned, very goitrous, and ravages of small-pox had bequeathed to him a wonderful facial ugliness.

In the same quarter of the town, where this local industry is carried on, are many goitrous persons.

The abandoned valleys of Savoy and Piedmont are goitrous, smitten, sterile.

If the water supply of a goitrous valley be changed to a healthy spring, goitre and cretinism disappear.

We had been previously informed that the whole town was goitrous.

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