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1. SYN: goiter. 2. Formerly, any enlargement of a tissue. [L. a scrofulous tumor, fr. struo, to pile up, build]

- s. aberrata SYN: aberrant goiter.

- s. colloides SYN: colloid goiter.

- Hashimoto s. SYN: Hashimoto thyroiditis.

- ligneous s. SYN: Riedel thyroiditis.

- s. lymphomatosa SYN: Hashimoto thyroiditis.

- s. maligna obsolete term for cancer of the thyroid gland.

- s. medicamentosa goiter due to the use of some therapeutic agent.

- s. ovarii a rare ovarian tumor, regarded as teratomatous, in which thyroid tissue has surpassed the other elements; occasionally associated with hyperthyroidism.

- Riedel s. SYN: Riedel thyroiditis.

stru·ma 'strü-mə n, pl -mae -(.)mē or -mas GOITER

n. (pl. strumae)

a swelling of the thyroid gland (see goitre). See also Riedel's struma.