scrofola

Betekenis (Engels)

scrofula

Vertalingen

scrofule

escrófulo

scrofula

escròfula

escrófula

écrouelles

Skrofulose

Met koppelteken als

scrò‧fo‧la

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈskrɔ.fo.la/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.