scrofula

Meaning

A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.

Synonyms

struma

king’s evil

swellings

wen

cutaneous eruption

thyromegaly

lymphoid tuberculosis

tuberculous lymphadenitis

goiter

tuberculosis of lymph node

goitre

Translations

écrouelles

escrófula

Skrofeln

Skrofulose

escròfula

scrofolosi

escrófula

Escrófula

سلّ الغدد الليمفاوية

sıraca illeti

χελώνι

χελώνια

χοιράς

scrofola

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɹɒfjʊlə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scrōfulae, a diminutive form of scrōfa (“breeding sow”), because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs.