Struma – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
struma
n.
goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland (Medicine); rounded swelling of an organ (Botany)
Struma
Struma may refer to:
- Struma (medicine), a swelling in the neck due to an enlarged thyroid gland
- , a ship chartered to carry Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to British-controlled Palestine in World War II
- Struma (skin disease), a mycobacterial skin disease
- Struma motorway, a planned motorway which will lead from the Daskalovo junction away from Sofia to the Bulgarian border Kulata with Greece
- Struma (river), a river in Bulgaria and Greece
- Struma Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica
struma
Noun
1. abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from under-production or over-production of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
(synonym) goiter, goitre, thyromegaly
(hypernym) disease
2. a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
(synonym) scrofula, king's evil
(hypernym) tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
Struma
(n.)
Scrofula.
(n.)
A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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struma
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scrofulous tumor
