How to Use goiter in a Sentence

goiter

noun
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  • This can lead to goiter, or enlarged thyroid, when the gland tries to compensate for the dysfunction by growing larger.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2021
  • The guilt that had built all night, without the analgesic of sleep, had swelled like a goiter.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The same goes for treatment, which entirely depends on what's causing the goiter in the first place.
    — Amber Brenza, Health.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • One time a great frigate bird perched on a curtain rod and ballooned its ruby red throat up to the size of an elephant’s goiter.
    — Devin Murphy, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Down from the mountains, fur-trapping explorer Jim Bridger retired with his goiter and rheumatism in his farmhouse on the other side of the crick.
    — Darryl Levings, kansascity, 18 July 2017
  • Also, just look at it: Consumers willing to spend big rarely choose tiny cars sporting giant goiters on the roof, let alone models that haven’t even been graced with a name.
    — David Muller, Car and Driver, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Iodine was originally added to salt to reduce the incidence of a goiter.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Without it, people can develop a goiter, or an enlarged thyroid gland.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Originally, iodization was adopted to reduce the incidence of goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
    — Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2013
  • Anecdotally, switching to a gluten-free diet has helped people with enlarged thyroids, also known as goiters, though it has not been studied enough to be a proven medical treatment.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • In 1997, according to Unicef, almost a fifth of its population had goiters — swollen thyroid glands in the neck that indicate serious deficiency, which can also cause dwarfism and cretinism.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 15 May 2017
  • To estimate which regions were naturally high-iodine and which were low, the researchers referred to nationwide statistics collected after World War I on the prevalence of goiter.
    — Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2013
  • Women, especially those over 40, are more likely to develop goiters.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Lord also says that brown algae are commonly used in traditional Japanese medicine to treat hypertension, goiter, obesity, sore knees, and relieve constipation.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Iodine-containing ancient remedies, like seaweed prescribed in ancient China, were quite effective for treating patients with enlarged thyroid glands, or goiter, though iodine itself wouldn’t be discovered until the 19th century.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2021
  • After observing the high percentage of centenarians with goiters—a condition that accompanies a low-functioning thyroid—Pes speculates that thiocyanate from a steady diet of kohlrabi may blunt thyroid function.
    — National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019

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