struma
/ˈstruːmə
/noun (plural strumae /ˈstruːmiː/) Medicine
A swelling of the thyroid gland; a goitre.The most common forms of this variant are struma ovarii and carcinoid in the ovary....
- A 62-year-old white woman underwent right ovary resection that had a pathologic diagnosis of struma ovarii.
- The case of a 38-year-old woman with malignant struma ovarii is described.
Origin
Mid 16th century (in the Latin sense): modern Latin, from Latin, 'scrofulous tumour'.
- beingness
- be in good company
- be in good (or bad) odour with
- be in (on) the secret
- be in (or of) two minds
- be in (or out of) luck
- be in (or out of) one's element
- be in (or out of) the frame
- be in over one's head
- be in pictures
- be in someone's debt
- be in someone's good (or bad) graces
- be in something for the long haul
- be in stays
- be in the doghouse
- be in the know
- be in the majority
- be in the market for
- be in the money
- be in the process of doing something
- be in the right
- be in the same boat
- be in the wars
- be in with a chance
- beira