goiter 的定义
Pathology.
- an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
更多goiter例句
- Goiter, fi-kĕk′ or fĭn-to′-kĕl, is quite common with adults, and is more common with women than men.
- Often a cross-hatched marking is put over goiter, varicose veins, and other permanent swellings or enlargements.
- A generation ago applications of iodin to the goiter were reported to have good effects.
- Goiter, one of the first signals of warning that new blood must be infused in the race, was prevalent.
- The children, if not affected by exophthalmic goiter, are liable to be very neurotic.