scrofola

Signification (Anglais)

scrofula

Concepts

scrofule

écrouelles

Traductions

escrófulo

escròfula

Skrofulose

scrofula

escrófula

Coupé comme

scrò‧fo‧la

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskrɔ.fo.la/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.