struma
noun
struma
1 American
[stroo-muh]
/ ˈstru mə /
noun
strumae
plural
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Pathology. goiter.
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Botany. a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Struma
2
American
[stroo-mah]
/ ˈstru mɑ /
noun
struma
1
British
/ struːˈmætɪk, ˈstruːməs, ˈstruːməʊs, ˈstruːmə /
noun
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pathol an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland; goitre
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botany a swelling, esp one at the base of a moss capsule
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another word for scrofula
Struma
2
British
/ ˈstruːmə /
noun
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Origin of struma
1555–65; < New Latin; Latin strūma scrofulous tumor
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In China it was an old internal remedy for leprosy and struma, and is accredited with stimulant, tonic, sedative, astringent and vulnerary properties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Surgery will relieve the compression of struma and benign neoplasms, and may be indicated in certain neoplasms of malignant origin.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Gouty diathesis, rheumatic diathesis, disorders of the digestive tract, general debility or lack of tone, an exhausted state of the nervous system, dentition and struma.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
The names goiter, struma, and bronchocele are applied indiscriminately to all tumors of the thyroid gland; there are, however, several distinct varieties among them that are true adenoma, which, therefore, deserves a place here.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The fact is that the England of that day seems to have been very full of that hereditary form of chronic ill-health which we call by the general name of struma.
From Through the Magic Door by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Firefighters and police officers later inspected the scorched shell of the vehicle in the middle of the Struma highway, which was closed Tuesday morning.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
The loss of the Struma, and Mr. Stoliar’s survival, were largely unknown until the turn of the century, when he spoke to a New York Times reporter.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2016
Three days later, as the Struma limped toward Turkey, the engines failed again.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2016
At week's end the weather cleared and the Government launched an actual offensive across the Struma, with heavy artillery, cavalry, infantry and machine gun units.
From Time Magazine Archive
In these two forms we find the ancient names of two rivers—the Syrmus of Thrace, and the Strymon or Strumon, the present Struma, of Macedonia.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
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