goitre

1. 1.

   abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet

   Synonymsgoiterstrumathyromegaly

   Broaderdisease

Other forms of goitre

plural

goitres·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goitre

What does goitre mean?

goitre means "abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet".

How many syllables are in goitre?

goitre has 1 syllable: goitre.

What is another word for goitre?

Close synonyms include goiter, struma, thyromegaly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goitre a common word?

goitre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.