Struma

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈstɹuːmÉ™/

Origin

From Latin strūma.

Full definition of struma

Noun

1. (pathology) Scrofula.
• 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 186:This was the healing ritual for the King's Evil, the name given to scrofula or struma, the tubercular inflammation of the lymph glands of the neck.
2. (pathology) A scrofulous swelling; a tumour or goiter.----