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What (who) is SCROFULOUS - definition
HUMAN MEDICAL CONDITION
Scrophula; Scrofulae; King's evil; Scrofulous; Struma (skin disease); Scrofulas; Scrophulas; The King's Evil; The King's evil; King's Evil; King’s evil; Scrofula; Scroffula; Scrufola; Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis
Scrofulous
·adj Diseased or affected with scrofula.
II. Scrofulous ·adj Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
scrofula
['skr?fj?l?]
¦ noun chiefly historical a disease with glandular swellings, probably a form of tuberculosis.
Derivatives
scrofulous adjective
Origin
ME: from med. L., dimin. of L. scrofa 'breeding sow' (said to be subject to the disease).
scrofula
n.
Struma, king's evil.
Wikipedia
Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.
Examples of use of SCROFULOUS
1. One of the goodies, Boromir (Steven Miller) has a bad Scots accent and is done up to resemble Billy Connolly‘s scrofulous wee brother.
2. A large proportion of those that are to be seen have a batch of scrofulous kittens in tow, entirely unaware of the coming summer hardships.
3. In my grandfather’s day, gentlemen occasionally found it necessary to place a paper bag over their lady’s head — at least that is what I was told used to happen — but now, after a new and surprising surge in Viagra sales, one can only assume that the scrofulous youth of today has abandoned this time–honoured method in favour of something more drastic.