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Definition 2024

goitre ‎(plural goitres)

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

enlargement of the neck

Norwegian:

Bokmål: struma m

Nynorsk: struma m
Polish: wole n
Portuguese: bócio m, escrófulas f pl, papeira (pt) f
Romanian: gușă (ro) f
Russian: зоб (ru) m ‎(zob)
Spanish: bocio (es) m, coto (es) 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)
Tagalog: bosyo
Vietnamese: bướu (vi)

It appears to be a regional derivation from Old French goitron, from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem, from Latin guttur, or a regressive derivation from goitreux.

goitre m ‎(plural goitres)