English

goitrogen

Coined some time between 1945 and 1950, from goitre + -o- + -gen.

Formed from goitre + -o- + -gen

Old French goitron ‘throat, neck, goitre’

The story

Coined some time between 1945 and 1950, from goitre + -o- + -gen.

noun Any agent that causes goiter, such as thiouracil.

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Etymograph / goitrogen