struma

2 definitions found

struma - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Struma \Stru"ma\, n. [L., a scrofulous tumor.]
     1. (Med.) Scrofula.
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     2. (Bot.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially,
        that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
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struma - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  struma
      n 1: abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from
           underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a
           deficiency of iodine in the diet [syn: goiter, goitre,
           struma, thyromegaly]
      2: a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the
         lymphatic glands [syn: scrofula, struma, king's evil]