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German goiter

A large distended belly, as might result from heavy consumption of beer. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I'd like to run a marathon some day, but first I need to do something about this German goiter of mine.
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Milwaukee goiter

old-fashioned slang A particularly large, distended belly, especially as a result of drinking excessive amounts of alcohol; a beer belly. The sheriff of the small town stood a mere five-foot-five, with a Milwaukee goiter so big that it looked as though he hadn't put a bottle down in five years. I always kept in pretty good shape, but after I had kids, I noticed myself starting to get a bit of a Milwaukee goiter.
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Milwaukee goiter

and German goiter (mɪlˈwɔki ˈgoɪdɚ and ˈdʒɚmən ˈgoɪdɚ)
n. a beer belly. (Refers to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a major beer-brewing city, and to Germany.) By the time he was twenty-six, he was balding and had a Milwaukee goiter that would tip him over if he turned too fast. If you want to get rid of that German goiter, stop drinking beer!
See also: goiter

German goiter

verb
See Milwaukee goiter
See also: german, goiter
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Traditionally, patients with multinodular goiter have been considered to have a lower risk of malignancy than those with a single nodule.
Multinodular goiter: a study of malignancy risk in nondominant nodules
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Thyroid function and ultrasonography abnormalities in lithium-treated bipolar patients: A cross-sectional study with healthy controls
Conclusion: Frequency of RLN injury was almost 5% as whole in thyroid surgery but rate was more in complicated cases like thyroid carcinoma, recurrent goiter and hyperthyroid goiter because of altered anatomy.
FREQUENCY OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL INJURY IN THYROIDECTOMY SURGERY
Among them colloid goiter was the most common followed by benign cystic lesion.
Accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in comparison to histopathological examination for the diagnosis of thyroid swellings
The natural history of benign nodular goiter is largely variable and unpredictable in a given patient because no specific predictive growth parameters exist.
"Onion Skin-liked Sign" in Thyroid Ultrasonography: A Characteristic Feature of Benign Thyroid Nodules
Best approach for posterior mediastinal goiter removal: transcervical incision and lateral thoracotomy.
Bocio del mediastino posterior--abordaje minimamente invasivo: videotoracoscopia derecha mas cervicotomia
Globally, endemic goiter is prevalent in different regions of the world and is caused by iodine deficiency.
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF HUGE MULTINODULAR GOITER WITH COMPROMISED AIRWAY
Conclusions: In our study, it was found that the most common complaints at presentation in patients with a diagnosis of hashimoto thyroiditis included goiter, weakness and weight gain and the prevalence of celiac diseases was found to be 1.
Celiac disease in children and adolescents with Hashimoto thyroiditis
Total versus subtotal thyroidectomy for the management of benign multinodular goiter in an endemic region.
Nodular thyroid disease and thyroid malignancy: experience at Polokwane Mankweng Hospital Complex, Limpopo Province, South Africa
The risk of postoperative bleeding is higher in patients with retrosternal goiter and Grave's disease5.
THYROID SURGERY: DRAIN VERSUS NO DRAIN
After treatment with radioactive iodine, the goiter size reduces by almost 40% in a year.
Malignant thyroid should be managed with lobectomy or total thyroidectomy-Song Wook Kang
Iodine nutritional status and goiter prevalence in 6-12 years primary school children of Saurashtra region, India.
Environmental, urinary iodine status and prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren in a high altitude area of Saudi Arabia
Goiter may be manifested as retarded maturation and growth of skin and its appendages, the skeleton and/or central nervous system (Hopkins and Thorburn, 1972).
Therapeutic management of goiter in calves
He said the warning signals of thyroid cancer are: a hard mass or nodules in the anterior neck; rapid enlargement of a long-standing goiter in older patients; cervical lymph node enlargement; hoarseness; difficulty of swallowing; and difficulty of breathing associated with goiter.
Philippines : Solon seeks annual holding of National Thyroid Cancer Awareness Week
Iodine deficiency in childhood and adolescence is characteristically associated with endemic goiter [5].
Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in Burie and Womberma districts, West Gojjam, Ethiopia
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