goitre

Betekenis (Engels)

An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.

Sinonieme

goiter

struma

crop

goiter

thyromegaly

wen

tumour

bronchocele

king’s evil

blister

Nithsdale neck

jowl

gorge

scrofula

craw

Vertalings

goitre

gozzo

bocio

Kropf

goll

bócio

papera

coto

βρογχοκήλη

struma

papeira

Struma

دراق

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡɔɪ.tə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French, either from Old French goitron (“throat, neck, goitre”), itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem (“throat, goitre-like protrusions”), from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”).