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Definition of: struma
(str′mə) noun plural ·mae (-mē)
1. Pathol. a Scrofula. b Goiter.
2. Bot. A wenlike cushion or swelling of or on an organ, as at the base of the capsule in certain mosses. [<L <struere build]
—stru·mat·ic (str·mat′ik), stru′mose (-mōs), stru′mous (-məs) adjective
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