goiter
gaw i ter
- n abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet
- An impression has spread through this country that goiter, particularly in children, is a frequent sequence of communicable disease.
- Much has been said of the giving of small quantities of iodin regularly to growing children in districts where goiter is frequent, and the accumulated scientific evidence seems .
- The established theory is that goiter is due to lack of iodine in food drink.