scrof·u·la (skr f y -l)n. A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma. [Middle English scrophula, from Late Latin scr  fulae, swelling of the glands, diminutive of Latin scrfa, sow; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
scrofula [ˈskrɒfjʊlə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol (no longer in technical use) tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands Also called (formerly) the king's evil
[from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin scrōfulae swollen glands in the neck, literally: little sows (sows were thought to be particularly prone to the disease), from Latin scrōfa sow]
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| Noun | 1. | scrofula - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands 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) |
Translations
scrofula
n (dated Med) → Skrofulose f, → Skrofel f
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