GOITER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goiter mean? 

• GOITER (noun)
  The noun GOITER has 1 sense:

1. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet

  Familiarity information: GOITER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

goiter; goitre; struma; thyromegaly

Hypernyms ("goiter" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

 Context examples 

Hyperthyroidism associated with a diffuse hyperplastic goiter resulting from production of an antibody directed against the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor, which acts as an agonist of TSH.

(Graves' Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Hyperthyroidism associated with diffuse hyperplasia of the thyroid gland (goiter), resulting from production of antibodies that are directed against the thyrotropin receptor complex of the follicular epithelial cells.

(Graves' Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Most goiters are not cancer.

(Goiter, NCI Dictionary)