struma

English

Etymology

From Latin strūma.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹuːmə/

Noun

struma (countable and uncountable, plural strumas or strumae)

  1. (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.
  2. (pathology) A scrofulous swelling; a tumour or goitre.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

struma f (plural strume)

  1. struma

Latin

Etymology

From struō.

Pronunciation

Noun

strūma f (genitive strūmae); first declension

  1. a scrofulous tumor, struma

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


Venetian

Noun

struma f (plural strume)

  1. effort, toil
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