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• struma
  struma

  noun

  goiter.
• Struma
  Struma

  noun

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

struma

¹ American  

[stroo-muh] / ˈstru mə /

noun

strumae plural

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

Derived Forms

• strumatic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• strumae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of struma

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

struma Struma

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

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

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

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

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

A short while later, about 24 hours after the Struma had sunk, a large ship appeared in the distance.

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

Within 48 hours the grey-green uniformed vanguard had rumbled 175 miles to villages in the Struma Valley a few miles from the mountainous Greek frontier which is only 55 miles from Salonika.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 23d a similar scheme was put into action, but a sudden rise of three feet in the Struma interfered with the bridging operations.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)