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Preferred term

Goiter  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • note specific goiter terms

Scope note

  • Enlargement of the THYROID GLAND that may increase from about 20 grams to hundreds of grams in human adults. Goiter is observed in individuals with normal thyroid function (euthyroidism), thyroid deficiency (HYPOTHYROIDISM), or hormone overproduction (HYPERTHYROIDISM). Goiter may be congenital or acquired, sporadic or endemic (GOITER, ENDEMIC).

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • kaulakupu
  • kilpirauhasen suurentuma
  • määrittämätön atoksinen struuma
  • nodulär struma (atoxisk) UNS
  • ospecificerad atoxisk struma
  • struma
  • struma atoxica non specificata
  • struma NAS
  • struma nodosa atoxica NAS
  • struma UNS
  • suurentunut kilpirauhanen
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön atoksinen kyhmystruuma
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön struuma
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006042

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