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scrofulide

scrofulide noun: any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Noun

scrofulide (plural scrofulides)

  1. (rare) Any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.
    • 1870: Title American Journal of Syphilography and Dermatology: Publisher F.W. Christern: "After recovery from tinea tonsurans...crusts and epidermic exfoliations form on the scalp. It is a benign scrofulide induced by the trycophyton."

Forms of scrofulide

pluralscrofulides

Origin of scrofulide

Latin diminutive of scrōfa (“a breeding sow”), because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs.

Questions about scrofulide

What does scrofulide mean?
Scrofulide means any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.
What part of speech is scrofulide?
Scrofulide is a noun.
What is the plural of scrofulide?
The plural of scrofulide is scrofulides.

Words near scrofulide in the dictionary

  1. scroddling
  2. scrods
  3. scrofula
  4. scrofulae
  5. scrofulas
  6. scrofulide
  7. scrofulides
  8. scrofulitic
  9. scrofulitics
  10. scrofulo-rachitic
  11. scrofulo-tuberculous

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