goitre

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɔɪ.tə/
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/ˈɡɔɪ.tə/ · /ˈɡɔɪ.tɚ/

Definition of goitre

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (UK, countable, uncountable)An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French, either from Old French goitron (“throat, neck, goitre”), itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem (“throat, goitre-like protrusions”), from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”).

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