noun
also goi·tre ˈgȯid.ə(r), -ȯitə-
( -s )
Etymology: French goitre, from Middle French, back-formation from goitron throat, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin guttrion-, guttrio, from Latin guttur throat, crop of a bird + -ion-, -io -ion — more at cot
: an enlargement of the thyroid gland that is commonly visible as a swelling of the anterior part of the neck, that often results from insufficient intake of iodine and then is usually accompanied by hypothyroidism, and that in other cases is associated with hyperthyroidism usually together with toxic symptoms and exophthalmos — called also struma