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English
Etymology
From Bulgarian Струма (Struma).
Proper noun
Struma
- A river in Bulgaria, and northern Greece, which flows into the Aegean Sea.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin strūma.
Pronunciation
Noun
Struma f (genitive Struma, plural Strumen or Strumae)
- (pathology, medical parlance) goitre
- Synonym: (the usual word) Kropf
Declension
Further reading
- “Struma” in Duden online
- “Struma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache