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goitrigenous

goitrigenous adjective: causing goitre.

Adjective

goitrigenous (not comparable)

  1. Causing goitre.

Origin of goitrigenous

From goitre + -genous.

Questions about goitrigenous

What does goitrigenous mean?
Goitrigenous means causing goitre.
What part of speech is goitrigenous?
Goitrigenous is an adjective.

Words near goitrigenous in the dictionary

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

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