Scrofula

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma.
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  • n. A form of tuberculosis, most common in children, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph glands, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A constitutional disorder, especially in the young, expressing itself in lymphadenitis, especially glandular swellings in the neck, with a tendency to cheesy degeneration, inflammations of various joints, mucous membranes, and other structures, together with other less distinct indications of feeble health.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tuberculosis    Tb   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    struma    king's evil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jaundice    bronchitis    hirsutism    dysmenorrhea    metrorrhagia   
     
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