goitre
noun/ˈɡɔɪtə(r)/
/ˈɡɔɪtər/
(US English goiter)
[uncountable, countable]- a swelling of the throat caused by a disease of the thyroidWord Originearly 17th cent.: from French, a back-formation from goitreux ‘having a goitre’, or from Old French goitron ‘gullet’, both based on Latin guttur ‘throat’.
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