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scrofulide

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Examples

  • 1870: Title American Journal of Syphilography and Dermatology: Publisher F.W. Christern: "After recovery from tinea tonsurans...crusts and epidermic exfoliations form on the scalp. It is a benign scrofulide induced by the trycophyton."

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History

Etymology

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