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goitres

goitres is the plural of goitre.

Meaning of goitre

Noun

goitre (countable and uncountable, plural goitres)

  1. (UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.

Phrases with goitres

Questions about goitres

What is goitres the plural of?
Goitres is the plural of goitre.

Words near goitres in the dictionary

  1. goiterism
  2. goiters
  3. goitral
  4. goitre
  5. goitred
  6. goitres
  7. goitrigenous
  8. goitrin
  9. goitrogen
  10. goitrogenic
  11. goitrogenicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goitres (page history and authors); goitre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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