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struma

/ˈstɹuːmə/

struma noun: scrofula.

Noun

struma (countable and uncountable, plural strumas or strumae)

  1. Scrofula.
    • This was the healing ritual for the King's Evil, the name given to scrofula or struma, the tubercular inflammation of the lymph glands of the neck.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 186
  2. A scrofulous swelling; a tumour or goitre.

Proper noun capitalized: Struma

Struma

  1. A river in Bulgaria, and northern Greece, which flows into the Aegean Sea.

struma meaning in Tamil

struma in Tamil

குரல்வளைச் சுரப்பி வீக்கம்

Forms of struma

pluralstrumas
pluralstrumae

Origin of struma

From Latin strūma.

From Bulgarian Струма (Struma).

Words formed from struma

Words that rhyme with struma

Questions about struma

What does struma mean?
Struma means scrofula.
What is struma in Tamil?
Struma in Tamil is குரல்வளைச் சுரப்பி வீக்கம். See Struma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is struma?
Struma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce struma?
Struma is pronounced /ˈstɹuːmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of struma?
The plural of struma is strumas.

Words near struma in the dictionary

  1. struldbrugs
  2. Strulovitch
  3. strum
  4. strum box
  5. strum boxes
  6. struma
  7. strumae
  8. strumas
  9. strumatic
  10. strumectomies
  11. strumectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: struma (page history and authors); Struma (page history and authors); struma (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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