struma

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scrofula
goiter
A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses
{i} goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland (Medicine); rounded swelling of an organ (Botany)
Struma River
River, western Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. Rising in the Rhodope Mountains southwest of Sofia, Bulg., it courses 258 mi (415 km) southeast to the Aegean Sea. Its upper valley is a major source of brown coal for Bulgaria, and its lower course flows through a wide agricultural valley
struma

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    stru·ma

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    Etymology

    [ 'strü-m& ] (noun.) 1565. Latin, swelling of the lymph glands.
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