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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin bocium, bocia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.sju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.si.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.sjo/
Noun
bócio m (plural bócios)
- (pathology) goitre (enlargement of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland)