struma

[stroo´mah]

goiter.

Hashimoto's struma (struma lymphomato´sa) Hashimoto's disease.

struma ova´rii a teratoid ovarian tumor composed of thyroid tissue.

Riedel's struma Riedel's thyroiditis.

stru·ma

, pl.

stru·mae

(strū'mă, -mē), Do not confuse this word with stroma.

1. Synonym(s): goiter

2. Formerly, any enlargement of a tissue.

[L. a scrofulous tumor, fr. struo, to pile up, build]

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struma

(stro͞o′mə)

n. pl. stru·mae (-mē) or stru·mas

a. See scrofula.

b. See goiter.

2. Botany A cushionlike swelling at the base of a moss capsule.

stru·mat′ic (-măt′ĭk), stru′mose′ (-mōs′)(-məs), stru′mous (-məs) adj.

struma

(1) An enlargement of tissue, most commonly understood to be of the thyroid; goitre.
(2) An obsolete term for cutaneous tuberculosis.

goi·ter

(goy'tĕr)

A chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland, not due to a neoplasm, occurring endemically in some localities, especially regions where glaciation occurred and depleted the soil of iodine, and sporadically elsewhere.
Synonym(s): struma, goitre.

[Fr. from L. guttur, throat]

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stru·ma

, pl. strumae (strū'mă, -mē) Do not confuse this word with stroma.

1. Synonym(s): goiter.

2. Formerly, any enlargement of tissue.

[L. a scrofulous tumor, fr. struo, to pile up, build]

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