goitrous

[ goi-truhs ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. pertaining to or affected with goiter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of goitrous¹

From the French word goitreux, dating back to 1790–1800. See goiter, -ous

Example Sentences

He was profoundly ill-proportioned, very goitrous, and ravages of small-pox had bequeathed to him a wonderful facial ugliness.

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In the same quarter of the town, where this local industry is carried on, are many goitrous persons.

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The abandoned valleys of Savoy and Piedmont are goitrous, smitten, sterile.

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If the water supply of a goitrous valley be changed to a healthy spring, goitre and cretinism disappear.

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We had been previously informed that the whole town was goitrous.

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