struma
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹuːmə/
Noun
struma (countable and uncountable, 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 goitre.
Latin
Etymology
From struō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstruː.ma/
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)
- struma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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