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What (who) is king's evil - 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
king's evil
¦ noun (usu. the king's evil) historical scrofula, formerly held to be curable by the royal touch.
the king's evil
historical scrofula, formerly held to be curable by the royal touch.
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).
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.
