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STRUMA (strumae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does struma mean?
• STRUMA (noun)
The noun STRUMA has 2 senses:
1. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
2. a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
Familiarity information: STRUMA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("struma" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
king's evil; scrofula; struma
Hypernyms ("struma" is a kind of...):
T.B.; TB; tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))
Context examples
A representative example is struma ovarii which is a teratoma composed exclusively or predominantly of thyroid tissue.
(Ovarian Monodermal and Highly Specialized Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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