Struma

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See scrofula.
  • n. See goiter.
  • n. Botany A cushionlike swelling at the base of a moss capsule.
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  • n. goiter
  • n. scrofula
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Scrofula.
  • n. A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology: Scrofula.
  • n. Goiter.
  • n. In botany, a cushion-like swelling or dilatation of or on an organ, as that at the extremity of the petiole of many leaves, or at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.
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  • n. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
  • n. a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disease    tuberculosis    Tb   
    Cross Reference
    thymus struma    struma suprarenalis   
    Variant
    strumae   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scrofula   
     
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