scrofula
IPA: skrˈɑfˈuɫʌ
noun
- (pathology) A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.
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Examples of "scrofula" in Sentences
- It has nothing to do with scrofula.
- Hardly anyone dies of dropsy or scrofula nowadays.
- Struma refers to goiter and is not related to scrofula.
- At the age of 15 he caught scrofula and lost his sight.
- The word comes from the Latin scrofula, meaning brood sow.
- The picture of the child shows the classic appearance of scrofula.
- He gives another example of a boy whose neck was affected with scrofula.
- Treat the scrofula with them until the spot on which it is growing is eaten up.
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