goitre

British  

/ ˈɡɔɪtə /

noun

1. pathol a swelling of the thyroid gland, in some cases nearly doubling the size of the neck, usually caused by under- or overproduction of hormone by the gland

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Other Word Forms

• goitred adjective
• goitrous adjective

Etymology

Origin of goitre

C17: from French goitre, from Old French goitron, ultimately from Latin guttur throat

Example Sentences

Hernia, goitre and the flowering boil Lie bare beneath his hands, for ever bare.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2020

By the early 1930s international Shanghai was, as Paul French puts it, “a festering goitre of badness”.

From Economist • Jul. 12, 2018

Item: President Andr� Crotti of the I. C. S., a Columbus, Ohio surgeon, declared that goitre is usually caused, not by lack of iodine, but by toxins produced by a fungus which grows on cabbages.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sure enough, he wrote last week in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, most cases of this form of goitre on which he could lay his hands were also chronic sufferers from tonsillitis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elevation of site has importance, not only in regard to climatic hygiene, but also to its therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment of phthisis, goitre, and some affections of the nervous system.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various