struma
Pathology. goiter.
Botany. a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Origin of struma
1Words Nearby struma
Other definitions for Struma (2 of 2)
a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
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How to use struma in a sentence
She was one of those beautiful white-and-pink creatures who are rotten with struma.
The Man from Archangel | A. Conan DoyleThe majority of the former were papilloma , fibroma , enchondroma , and intratracheal struma .
They therefore have no significance as far as struma is concerned.
There was a lull on the struma, he said, his tired, refined voice concealing the irony.
Command | William McFeeLaurentius reports that Francis I, when a prisoner in Spain, cured a great number of people of struma (scrofula).
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing | George Barton Cutten
British Dictionary definitions for struma (1 of 2)
/ (ˈstruːmə) /
pathol an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland; goitre
botany a swelling, esp one at the base of a moss capsule
another word for scrofula
Origin of struma
1Derived forms of struma
- strumatic (struːˈmætɪk), strumous (ˈstruːməs) or strumose (ˈstruːməʊs), adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Struma (2 of 2)
/ (ˈstruːmə) /
a river in S Europe, rising in SW Bulgaria near Sofia and flowing generally southeast through Greece to the Aegean. Length: 362 km (225 miles): Greek names: Strimon, Strymon
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