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goitre
/ ˈɡɔɪ³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- 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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Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ´Ç¾±³Ù°ù±ð»å, adjective
- ˈ²µ´Ç¾±³Ù°ù´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of goitre1
C17: from French goitre, from Old French goitron, ultimately from Latin guttur throat
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Example Sentences
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Here and there we passed Cszeks and Slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent.
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Hernia, goitre and the flowering boil Lie bare beneath his hands, for ever bare.
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His self-esteem swelled, a goitre of patriotic pride.
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By the early 1930s international Shanghai was, as Paul French puts it, “a festering goitre of badnessâ€.
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A dead dog was lying on a rubbish heap; a woman with a goitre was looking for lice in the hair of a small girl.
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