Relating to or characteristic of a goiter; of or pertaining to thyroid gland enlargement.
Formed from goiter with the Latin suffix -al meaning 'relating to' or 'of the nature of,' creating a medical adjective describing goiter-related phenomena.
Medical language loves adding '-al' to nouns to make adjectives, so 'goitral' follows patterns like 'thermal,' 'viral,' and 'neural.' These suffixes actually help doctors communicate precisely in one word what would take a whole phrase in everyday language.
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