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