scrofula
Noun
Meaning
A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
struma
king's evil
necrosis
erysipelas
consumption
grip
pneumonia
piles
influenza
measles
scabies
hernia
humpback
itch
brash
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