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Webster 1913 Edition
Struma
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Stru′ma
,Noun.
[L., a scrofulous tumor.]
1.
(Med.)
Scrofula.
2.
(Bot.)
A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses.
Webster 1828 Edition
Struma
STRUMA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
struma
struma
English
Noun
struma (plural strumas or strumae)
- (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.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 186:
- (pathology) A scrofulous swelling; a tumour or goiter.
Latin
Etymology
From struō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstruː.ma/
Noun
strūma f (genitive strūmae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strūma | strūmae |
| genitive | strūmae | strūmārum |
| dative | strūmae | strūmīs |
| accusative | strūmam | strūmās |
| ablative | strūmā | strūmīs |
| vocative | strūma | strūmae |
References
- struma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- struma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- STRUMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “struma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.