The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GOITRE
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More clues leading to the result GOITRE
- Act in dashing way on getting swelling
- It’s wound around swelling
- Gland’s smelling – it’s coated in blood
- Find it surrounded by blood — get a lump in the throat
- It’s surrounded by blood, swelling
- Got on swallowing iodine, which will cure this
- Growth occurring in thyroid, rarely enlarged initially
- Find it surrounded by blood and get a lump in the throat
- Swelling, blood goes round it
- . Complaint — it's in blood
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The straight part
We know that "swelling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case swelling = goitre.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GOITRE mean?
GOITRE noun- An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.