How to Use goiter in a Sentence

goiter

noun
  • The guilt that had built all night, without the analgesic of sleep, had swelled like a goiter.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 23 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • Iodine was originally added to salt to reduce the incidence of a goiter.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
  • 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 possibilities outlined to her were a goiter, hypothyroidism or cancer.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Women, especially those over 40, are more likely to develop goiters.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Originally, iodization was adopted to reduce the incidence of goiter, an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
    — Lisa Raffensperger, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2013
  • Iodine deficiency is also linked to the development of goiter (thyroid enlargement).
    — Mary Shomon, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2023
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, the primary reason for this type of operation is cancer, a goiter or suspicious nodule.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In addition, iodine deficiency is typically suspected based on the development of goiter, hypothyroidism, or congenital hypothyroidism (low thyroid function at birth).
    — Mary Shomon, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2023
  • 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

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