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struma

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈstɹuːmə/
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  • rhymes with -uːmə

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in Bulgaria, and northern Greece, which flows into the Aegean Sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Scrofula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A scrofulous swelling; a tumour or goitre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scrofula, king's evil

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goiter, goitre, thyromegaly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disease

History

Etymology

From Bulgarian Струма (Struma).

From Latin strūma.

Real reading context

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