English Explanatory Dictionary

scrofulide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Word forms

scrofulide scrofulides

Etymology

Latin diminutive of scrōfa (“a breeding sow”), because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs.

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