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scrofulides

scrofulides is the plural of scrofulide.

Meaning of scrofulide

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."

Questions about scrofulides

What is scrofulides the plural of?
Scrofulides is the plural of scrofulide.

Words near scrofulides in the dictionary

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

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