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Goitre

//ˈɡɔɪ.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland. UK, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet wordnet

Etymology

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”).

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