Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BRON-CHO-CELE'
BRON-CHO-CELE', n. [Gr. βρογχος, the wind-pipe, and κηλη, a tumor.]
An enlarged thyroid gland; a tumor on the fore part of the neck, called goiter; the Derbyshire neck. – Quincy. Coxe.
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