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strumous

American  
[stroo-muhs] / ˈstru məs /

adjective

  1. strumose.


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Etymology

Origin of strumous

First recorded in 1580–90; strum(a) + -ous


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It is to be noticed that though most commonly wholesome and refreshing, yet with some persons, particularly those of a strumous bodily habit, Strawberries will often disagree.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

Cod-liver oil is often a remedy of great value, and is especially useful in strumous and debilitated subjects.

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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon

This fruit is soft, easily digested, and corrective of strumous disease.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

They are employed in diseases which require continued and moderate intestinal evacuations; such as dyspepsia hypochondriasis, chronic hepatitis, jaundice and strumous swellings.

From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by J. H. Holdsworth

It is seen in the form of phthisis, strumous ulcerations, chronic bone diseases, and most commonly as strumous ulcerations of the face, nose, pharynx, or throat, which is named tubercular lupus.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson

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