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struma (iou) and fuel cell (medicine)


struma (iou)



struma noun. . M16.
[mod. Latin from Latin = scrofulous swelling.]
1. Medicine. Orig., scrofula, a scrofulous swelling. Now, (a) swelling of the thyroid gland, (a) goitre. M16.
struma lymphomatosa = HASHIMOTO's disease.
Botany. A similar swelling in a plant, as at the junction of the petiole and the leaf-blade and at the base of the capsule in certain mosses. M19.
stru'matic adjective (rare) suffering from struma M17.
strumatous adjective (rare) = strumatic L19.
stru'mitis noun (Medicine) inflammation of a goitrous thyroid gland L19.

fuel cell (medicine)


fuel cell


A device that converts the energy of a fuel directly to electricity and heat, without combustion.