Struma

UK: /ˈstruːmə/

US: 'struma': (stro̅o̅′mə); 'Struma': (stro̅o̅′mä)

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Struma / ˈstruːmə/ noun

1. a river in S Europe, rising in SW Bulgaria near Sofia and flowing generally southeast through Greece to the Aegean. Length: 362 km (225 miles)
   Greek names: Strimon, Strymon

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stru•ma  (stro̅o̅′mə), n., pl., -mae (-mē). 

1. Pathology goiter.
2. Botany a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.

• Neo-Latin; Latin strūma scrofulous tumor
• 1555–65

Stru•ma  (stro̅o̅′mä), n. 

1. Place Names a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 mi. (362 km) long.

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struma / ˈstruːmə/ noun ( -mae / -miː/)

1. an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland; goitre
2. a swelling, esp one at the base of a moss capsule
3. another word for scrofula

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: a scrofulous tumour, from struere to heap up

strumatic / struːˈmætɪk/, strumous / ˈstruːməs/, strumose / ˈstruːməʊs/ adjective