It is a term in Catalan derived from goll, meaning coto, goiter. It can mean goiters or cotudos. It was a town that was characterized by short stature and the presence of goiter or preserve among its members. The lack of iodine consumption was undermining them and inbreeding foemtó cretinism. This town was disappearing in the Poroneos last century.
De goll, goiter in Catalan. Bociosos, who suffer from goiter, dwarves of the Pyrenees of the Girona region of Ripollés, extinct in the mid-twentieth century. Marginalization and inbreeding led them to cretinism. The science has been conclusive: lack of iodine. That is why we must consume iodized salt
