scrof·u·la 
(skrŏfyə-lə)
(skrŏfyə-lə)n.
A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma.
[Middle English scrophula, from Late Latin scrōfulae, swelling of the glands, diminutive of Latin scrōfa, sow; see sker-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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