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scrofula

noun

scrof·​u·​la ˈskrȯ-fyə-lə How to pronounce scrofula (audio)
ˈskrä-
: tuberculosis of lymph nodes especially in the neck

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Several diseases, such as diabetes, yellow fever, typhoid fever and the glandular disease scrofula, can be associated with certain scents. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 18 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, back-formation from Late Latin scrofulae, plural, swellings of the lymph nodes of the neck, from plural of scrofula, diminutive of Latin scrofa breeding sow

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scrofula was in 1791

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