Scrofula
71scrofulodermă — SCROFULODÉRMĂ s.f. (med.) Tuberculoză a pielii, caracterizată prin noduli localizaţi în hipoderm. [< fr. scrofuloderme, cf. lat. scrofula – scrofulă, gr. derma – piele]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN SCROFULODÉRMĂ s. f.… …
72screw — [15] Screw comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning ‘female pig’ – scrōfa (source also of English scrofula [14], a disease to which pigs were once thought to be particularly prone). By the medieval period scrōfa was being used for a ‘screw’,… …
73scrofulous — early 15c.; see SCROFULA (Cf. scrofula) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Scrofulously …
74screw — [15] Screw comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning ‘female pig’ – scrōfa (source also of English scrofula [14], a disease to which pigs were once thought to be particularly prone). By the medieval period scrōfa was being used for a ‘screw’,… …
75king's evil — noun a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑scrofula, ↑struma • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrofulous (for: ↑scrofula) …
76cruels — ˈkrüəlz noun plural Etymology: Middle French escroele, escroielle, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin scrofellae, from Late Latin scrofulae more at scrofula chiefly Scotland : scrofula …
77scroful- — combining form or scrofulo Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin scrofula 1. : scrofula scrofulosis …
78scrofularoot — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: scrofula + root; from its supposed efficacy in the treatment of scrofula : dogtooth violet …
79scrofulaweed — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: scrofula + weed; from its supposed efficacy in the treatment of scrofula : a rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens) …
80scrof|u|la — «SKROF yuh luh», noun. a form of tuberculosis characterized by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially those in the neck, and inflammation of the joints: »... sufferers applying to be touched by King Charles II for scrofula “king s… …
