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

For Anna, her awakening comes when she begins learning Greek from a goitrous tutor in Constantinople.

From New York Times

On a bench sits a goitrous and sallow German sergeant major with shadows carved under his eyes.

From Literature

Undoubtedly, goitre often occurs in children of healthy parents brought from another locality into one where the disease is common; and, per contra, goitrous subjects not infrequently recover from the affection when removed for a length of time from the place where it was developed in them.

From Project Gutenberg

Outside of the throat we must remember the significance of glandular swellings or scars of suppurated glands in children; nor overlook, if present, stiffness of the muscles, or torticollis, or goitrous enlargement of the thyroid gland.

From Project Gutenberg

The malady is generally ascribed to the use of drinking water impregnated with the salts of lime and magnesia, in which ingredients the water of goitrous districts abounds.

From Project Gutenberg