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scrofula

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrofula /ˈskrɒfjʊlə/

▶noun chiefly historical a disease with glandular swellings, probably a form of tuberculosis.

– derivatives
scrofulous adjective.

– origin ME: from med. L., dimin. of L. scrofa ‘breeding sow’ (said to be subject to the disease).

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