Goitre

Goitre, a swelling in the neck caused by growth of the thyroid glands is the most visible symptom of iodine deficiency.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

Goitre is a swelling of the neck due to enlargement of the thyroid gland.

Chapter 14 1993

Goitre is an adaptation to a chronic lack of iodine.

Chapter 14 1993

Goitre, simple, if enlargement is of such a degree as to interfere with the wearing of ordinary clothing.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10001 1948

Goitre, not too vascular in character, is removed by a longitudinal incision over the tumor, after which the gland is to be dragged out, with its entire capsule, by means of a blunt hook.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Goitre is usually associated with people living in mountainous regions, yet we never noticed it in the Preanger and scarcely at all on the mountains of East Java.

Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java Thomas H. Reid

Goitre is common here, and the place in the hot months is said to be very unhealthy, fever and jaundice carry off numbers of people.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

Goitre, deaf-mutism, and imbecility, all are fearfully common, and all are relatedly due to the drinking water.

In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

Goitre is very prevalent among them; in some villages Major Couchman believes that as many as 25 per cent, of the inhabitants are afflicted with the disease.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

Goitre occurs widely in Annam, Siam, Upper Burma, the Shan States, and in Western China as far as the frontier of Thibet.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895