noun
Origin: ML < L scrofulae, pl., swellings of the neck glands < dim. of scrofa, a sow: prob. from the swollen condition of the glands
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English scrophula
Origin: , from Late Latin scrōfulae, swelling of the glands
Origin: , diminutive of Latin scrōfa, sow; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots
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