struma

¹

[ stroo-muh ]

noun

, plural stru·mae [stroo, -mee].

1. Pathology. goiter.
2. Botany. a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.

Struma

²

[ stroo-mah ]

noun

1. a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.

Struma

¹

/ ˈstruːmə /

noun

1. 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 namesStrimonStrymon

struma

²

/ struːˈmætɪk; ˈstruːməs; ˈstruːməʊs; ˈstruːmə /

noun

1. pathol an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland; goitre
2. botany a swelling, esp one at the base of a moss capsule
3. another word for scrofula

Derived Forms

• strumatic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of struma¹

1555–65; < New Latin; Latin strūma scrofulous tumor

Word History and Origins

Origin of struma¹

C16: from Latin: a scrofulous tumour, from struere to heap up

Example Sentences

She was one of those beautiful white-and-pink creatures who are rotten with struma.

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The majority of the former were papilloma , fibroma , enchondroma , and intratracheal struma .

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They therefore have no significance as far as struma is concerned.

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There was a lull on the Struma, he said, his tired, refined voice concealing the irony.

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Laurentius reports that Francis I, when a prisoner in Spain, cured a great number of people of struma (scrofula).

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