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Definition of Goiter
1. Noun. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.
Definition of Goiter
1. n. An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.
Definition of Goiter
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of goitre) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goiter
1. an enlargement of the thyroid gland [n -S] : GOITROUS [adj]
Medical Definition of Goiter
1. Enlargement of the thyroid gland. A goiter is not cancerous. A goiter can be associated with normal, elevated (hyperthyroidism) or decreased (hypothyroidism) thyroid hormone levels in the blood. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goiter
Literary usage of Goiter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"goiter regions in Switzerland comes from similar limestone formations. Further
presumptive evidence that goiter is a water-borne disease is found in certain ..."
2. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"I. THYROID INSUFFICIENCIES From the standpoint of physiology and pathology simple
goiter and myxedema are but different stages or degrees of the same ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"WILBUR G. FOYE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY A POSSIBLE FACTOR IN THE INCREASING INCIDENCE
OF goiter IN my surveys of industrial hygiene I have noted that at some of ..."
4. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Meschter Anders, John Herr Musser (1917)
"Congenital goiter occurs and is not infrequent. Pathology. ... Fibrous goiter is
that variety in which the interstitial tissue or stroma is increased out of ..."
5. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"When they came into a goiter district, the parents themselves remained non-
goitrous but had a cretin for a child. Kocher reports another example: The ..."
6. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"patients with exophthalmic goiter at the time of examination is thirty-seven ...
Duration of goiter.—In cases of adenoma with hyperthy- roidism the duration ..."
7. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"goiter-HEART. That there exists a relation between goiter and the heart was, ...
Rose first thought that the goiter-heart ir i connection with stenosing ..."
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