scrofola

Senso (Inglese)

scrofula

Traduzioni

scrofule

escrófulo

scrofula

escròfula

escrófula

écrouelles

Skrofulose

Con il trattino come

scrò‧fo‧la

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈskrɔ.fo.la/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.