亚洲网紅露点

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scrofula

[ skrof-yuh-luh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.


scrofula

/ 藞蝉办谤蓲蹿箩蕣濒蓹 /

noun

  1. pathol no longer in technical use tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands Also called (formerly)the king's evil
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scrofula1

1350鈥1400; Middle English (plural) < Late Latin 蝉肠谤艒蹿耻濒补别 ( Latin 蝉肠谤艒蹿 ( a ) sow + -ulae (plural) -ule ), from the belief that breeding sows were susceptible
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scrofula1

C14: from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin 蝉肠谤艒蹿耻濒补别 swollen glands in the neck, literally: little sows (sows were thought to be particularly prone to the disease), from Latin 蝉肠谤艒蹿a sow
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Example Sentences

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The boy had swelling in his neck, which at first glance indicated scrofula, or TB in his lymph nodes.

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His smile is the origin of what is called sunshine, and he personally cured my scrofula.

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In part because she described a long history of what sounded like tuberculosis, they initially suspected scrofula.

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One form of TB, scrofula, shows up in the glands of the neck.

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So prized were moles鈥 hands that farmers once kept them in silk bags as talismans for good luck and to ward off toothache, epilepsy and scrofula.

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