goiter
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- noun
- /ˈɡɔɪtər/
- Specialized
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- One 32-year-old patient had a goiter and a second branchial cleft cyst.
- a massive goiter
- mediastinal goiter
- a patient with a goiter
And this was like absolutely miraculous, like no other treatment for goiter was anywhere near this success rate.
- And this was like absolutely miraculous, like no other treatment for goiter was anywhere near this success rate.
Examples
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This position is terrific for anyone with osteoporosis, gout or goiter.
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The old woman with the goiter crouching behind Hadiza seems to be listening to nothing.
Fiction book (1998) -
A man walked by with a goiter that hung all the way down to his belt.
Blog text (3) -
And this was like absolutely miraculous, like no other treatment for goiter was anywhere near this success rate.
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But Vannier was able to rule out one ailment: she did not have a goiter, as the 1991 images had suggested.
Academic text (2009) -
A man with a rotund goiter growing sideways on his neck was entering the diner on Granville.
Fiction book (2000) -
The unsmiling midwife who was helping deliver Sara had a purple goiter, swelling her neck like a frog's.
Fiction book (1995) -
An enlarged thyroid secondary to a goiter or neoplasm can displace the RLN and make it difficult to locate.
Academic text (2005) -
Following the clinical examination, our differential diagnoses were colloid goiter, branchial cyst, and thyroglossal duct cyst.
Academic text (2006) -
The doctor explained that her large goiter was caused by a lack of iodine in her diet.
Synonyms
An enlarged thyroid gland that causes a swelling in the neck
A swelling at the front of the neck caused by not enough iodine
A swelling at the front of the neck where the thyroid gland is
Swelling of the thyroid gland in the front of the neck with bulging eyes caused by an overactive thyroid
Compounds
- Archaic
Swelling of the thyroid gland in the front of the neck with bulging eyes caused by an overactive thyroid
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word goiter comes from the Old French goitre, which in turn comes from the Latin guttur meaning 'throat'. So, goiter means a swelling at the front of the neck, an enlarged thyroid gland.