Mêtî

scrofola

Mane (Îngilîzî)

scrofula

Werger

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
scrò‧fo‧la
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈskrɔ.fo.la/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.

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