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king's evil

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king's evil
n
(Medicine / Pathology)
the Pathol a former name for scrofula
[from the belief that the king's touch would heal scrofula]
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Noun1.king's evil - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
scrofula, struma
T.B., tuberculosis, TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
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