STRUMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: strumae

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands

Synonyms:

king's evil; scrofula; struma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("struma" is a kind of...):

T.B.; TB; tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet

Synonyms:

goiter; goitre; struma; thyromegaly