struma noun. ['stru:mǝ] Pl. -mae [-mi:]. M16.
[mod. Latin from Latin = scrofulous swelling.]
1. Medicine. Orig., scrofula, a scrofulous swelling. Now, (a) swelling of the thyroid gland, (a) goitre. M16.
struma lymphomatosa [lɪm,fǝʊmǝ'tǝʊsǝ] [mod. Latin = lymphomatous] = HASHIMOTO's disease.

2. Botany. A similar swelling in a plant, as at the junction of the petiole and the leaf-blade and at the base of the capsule in certain mosses. M19.

■ stru'matic adjective (rare) suffering from struma M17.

■ strumatous adjective (rare) = strumatic L19.

■ stru'mitis noun (Medicine) inflammation of a goitrous thyroid gland L19.

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