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Goitre

noun
1.
Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.  Synonyms: goiter, struma, thyromegaly.






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"Goitre" Quotes from Famous Books



... mere figment, by those who are firmly convinced that their own inspiration is perfect and unfailing. The result of all this is the development of characters as deformed as are the bodies of victims to hydrocephalus or goitre; while, in painful contrast to such victims, these morally distorted patients bear about their deformities in the most conspicuous manner, as if they were rare beauties. So pagan nations, when they embody their ...
— The Elements of Character • Mary G. Chandler



Words linked to "Goitre" :   thyromegaly, goiter, disease, struma



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