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struma

1

[ stroo-muh ]

noun

, plural stru·mae [stroo, -mee].
  1. Pathology. goiter.
  2. Botany. a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses.


Struma

2

[ stroo-mah ]

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.

Struma

1

/ ˈstruːmə /

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, rising in SW Bulgaria near Sofia and flowing generally southeast through Greece to the Aegean. Length: 362 km (225 miles) Greek namesStrimonStrymon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


struma

2

/ struːˈmætɪk; ˈstruːməs; ˈstruːməʊs; ˈstruːmə /

noun

  1. pathol an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland; goitre
  2. botany a swelling, esp one at the base of a moss capsule
  3. another word for scrofula
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • strumatic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of struma1

1555–65; < New Latin; Latin strūma scrofulous tumor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of struma1

C16: from Latin: a scrofulous tumour, from struere to heap up
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Example Sentences

She was one of those beautiful white-and-pink creatures who are rotten with struma.

The majority of the former were papilloma , fibroma , enchondroma , and intratracheal struma .

They therefore have no significance as far as struma is concerned.

There was a lull on the Struma, he said, his tired, refined voice concealing the irony.

Laurentius reports that Francis I, when a prisoner in Spain, cured a great number of people of struma (scrofula).

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