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| scrof·u·la [ skróffyələ ] |
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tuberculosis of lymph glands of neck: tuberculosis of the lymph glands, especially of the neck. If untreated, the glands burst through the skin to form running sores.
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| [14th century. < medieval Latin, "swelling of glands" < scrofa "breeding sow"; because sows were thought to be subject to the disease] |
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