Definition of Goitres

1. Noun. (plural of goitre) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goitres

1. goitre [n] - See also: goitre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goitres

going to bed
going to hell
going to sleep
going to the dogs
going together
going under
going up
goingover
goings
goings-on
goit
goiter
goiters
goitre
goitred
goitres (current term)
goitrogen
goitrogenic
goitrogenicity
goitrogens
goitrous
goits
goji
goji berry
golabki
golcondas
gold
gold-bearing
gold-beater

Literary usage of Goitres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"They are also very commonly subject to swellings of the neck, usually called goitres. This unpleasant malady is said to have its origin in the frequent use ..."

2. The Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology (1887)
"goitres and Interstitial Medication with Iodine. (goitres et Medication ... Old goitres remain refractory. Tincture of iodine acts, ist, by the irritant ..."

3. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-20-21-22 by John Franklin (1824)
"Leave Cumberland House—Mode of Travelling in Winter—Arrival at Carlton House—Stone Indians—Visit to a Buffalo Pound— goitres—Departure from Carlton ..."

4. Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"Collection of Paintings and Antiquities in the Museum at Portici,—goitres between Naples and ... goitres ..."

5. Biographia juridica. A biographical dictionary of the judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"some disgrace by his negligence in keeping the forest of goitres, and before he could recover the land and castles, -which the king thereupon summarily ..."

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