goitre

English

Alternative forms

• goiter

Etymology

French, either from Old French goitron, itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturio, from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɔɪ.tə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"gOI.t@(r\)/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

goitre (plural goitres)

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

Derived terms

• German goitre
• goitred
• goitrous

Translations

enlargement of the neck

• Dutch: bof (nl) m and f
• Estonian: hõõtsik (et), struuma (et)
• Finnish: struuma (fi)
• German: Kropf (de) m, (medicine) Struma (de) f, (medical, obsolete) Satthals (de) m
• Polish: wole n
• Romanian: gușă (ro)

• Russian: зоб (ru) (zob) m 
• Spanish: bocio m, coto m (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Northwestern Argentina, Peru, Venezuelan Andes - Argentinian and Venezuelan standard usage : bocio), güecho m (Costa Rica, Nicaragua), güegüecho m (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Southern Mexico - Mexican standard usage : bocio)

Anagrams

• goiter