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What is the noun for goiter?

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goitre
  1. An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is, off course, especially indicated for goitre and swollen glands of the neck.”
      “I have cured many cases of goitre with Iodine, giving a powder every night for four nights, after the moon fulled and was waning.”
      “A pulsating aorta may mean neurasthenia, thinness, anemia, exophthalmic goitre, aortic insufficiency, aneurism, dilatation, or tumor.”
goitrogen
  1. Any agent that causes goiter, such as thiouracil.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Thiocyanate has also been implicated as a goitrogen, as shown in a previous study from India.”
      “The amount of thiocyanate in the urine is also a good indicator for the presence of goitrogen in foods.”
      “Growth rate is reduced in chicken following goitrogen administration.”
goitrogenicity
  1. The quality of being goitrogenic.
  2. Examples:
    1. Goitrogenicity and internal organs abnormalities in animals.”
goiter
  1. Alternative spelling of goitre
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “My grandmother underwent surgery to remove the goiter that had developed on her thyroid gland.”
      “The herbs blue flag root, thuja leaf and burdock root are good for reducing goiter.”
      “In contrast, the presence of goiter, hand tremor, and exophthalmos suggests thyrotoxicosis.”
goitrogens
  1. plural of goitrogen
goiters
  1. plural of goiter
  2. Synonyms:
goitres
  1. plural of goitre
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