struma

(stro̵̅o̅′mə)

noun pl. strumae

Bot. a cushionlike swelling on a plant organ, esp. on one side at the base of the capsule of a moss
Med.
1. goiter
2. Archaic scrofula

Origin: L, a scrofulous tumor < IE *streu-: see strut

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river in SE Europe, flowing from W Bulgaria across NE Greece into the Aegean Sea: c. 220 mi (354 km)

See struma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. stru·mae (-mē) or stru·mas

Origin:

Origin: Latin strūma, scrofulous tumor

Related Forms:

stru·matˈic (-mătˈĭk), struˈmoseˌ (-mōsˌ), struˈmous (-məs) adjective

A river, about 348 km (216 mi) long, of western Bulgaria and northeast Greece flowing southward to an inlet of the Aegean Sea.

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