struma

¹ American  

[stroo-muh] / ˈstru mə /

noun

plural

strumae

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.

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Struma ² American  

[stroo-mah] / ˈstru mɑ /

noun

1. 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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struma ¹ British  

/ 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

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Struma ² British  

/ ˈstruːmə /

noun

1. Greek names: Strimon.   Strymon.  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)

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Other Word Forms

• strumatic adjective

Etymology

Origin of struma

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Sella in curuli struma Nonius sedet, Per consulatum peierat Vatinius: Quid est, Catulle? quid moraris emori?

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Strumī′tis, inflammation of the thyroid gland; Strumō′sis, production of struma; Stru′mousness.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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