scrofola

Significat (Anglès)

scrofula

Conceptes

escròfula

Traduccions

scrofule

escrófulo

Skrofulose

scrofula

écrouelles

escrófula

Amb guionet com a

scrò‧fo‧la

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈskrɔ.fo.la/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Late Latin scrōfulae, derived from scrōfa (“sow, female pig”) as a semantic calque of Ancient Greek χοιράδες (khoirádes), derived from χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”), because the scars associated with the pathology were deemed reminiscent of a pathology found in pigs.