View source for scrofula

==English==
{{wikipedia|Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis|scrofula}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|scrophula}} {{q|obsolete spelling}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|la|scrōfulae}}, a {{glossary|diminutive}} form of {{m|la|scrōfa||breeding sow}}, because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by [[fanciful]] comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈskɹɒfjʊlə/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrofula.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈskɹɔfjələ/|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|scro|fu|la}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|s|scrofulae|scrofulæ}}

# {{lb|en|pathology}} A form of [[tuberculosis]], most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause [[enlarged#Adjective|enlarged]] and [[degenerated#Adjective|degenerated]] [[lymph node]]s, especially in the [[neck#Noun|neck]], and often [[chronic]], [[intractable]] [[skin#Noun|skin]] [[inflammation]] as well.
#* 1970: R.H.C. ''Davis A History of Medieval Europe'' Longman: SBN 582482089. P298. "(In 1100) It (The Church) relied on the king (of France) for protection and in return gave him authority. It even ..gave support for the claim that by his royal touch, he could miraculously cure the '''scrofula'''. (A similar claim was made for the kings of England, and was exercised till the reign of Queen Anne; one of the last people to be cured in that way being Dr. Johnson.)

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|adenopathy}}
* {{l|en|king's evil}}
* {{l|en|struma}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|scrofulous}}
* {{l|en|scrofulide}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|form of tuberculosis}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|живеница|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကျပ်}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|botornons|m-p}}, {{t|ca|escròfula|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|瘰癧|tr=luǒlì}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|scrofulose|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|risatauti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|écrouelles|f-p}}, {{t+|fr|scrofule|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|escrófula|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Skrofeln|f-p}}, {{t+|de|Skrofulose|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|eitlakröm|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|easpa bhrád|f}}, {{t|ga|gad brád|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scrofola|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|瘰癧|tr=るいれき, ruireki|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|scrofula|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|скрофуло́за|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hore}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|булаг өвчин|sc=Cyrl}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|صراجه|tr=sıraca}}, {{t|ota|اور|tr=ur}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|escrófula|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|золоту́ха|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|escrófula|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mlezi}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sıraca}}
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===References===
* {{cite-text|en|year=1902|title=Websters International Dictionary}}

{{C|en|Bacterial diseases}}

==Italian==

===Noun===
{{it-noun|f}}

# {{alternative form of|it|scrofola}}