scrofulan.

/ˈskrɒfjʊlə/

Forms: Also Middle English–1800s scrophula, 1500s skurfula, 1600s–1700s schrophula; plural Middle English–1600s scrophule, 1600s scrofulæ.

Etymology: In early use plural after late Latin scrōfulae swelling of the glands, diminutive of scrōfa breeding sow (supposed to be subject to the disease: compare the use of Greek χοιράδες, plural of χοιράς like a hog's back). Later in singular form after medieval Latin scrofula, scrophula (also schrof-, scrufula). From Latin plural are: French scrofules (see scroffles n.), German skrofeln , Swedish skrofler ; also French écrouelles ( < popular Latin *scrofellas : see escroeles n., crewels n.); from Latin singular, Italian scrofola, Spanish escrófula; also from popular Latin type Old English scrofell.

A constitutional disease characterized mainly by chronic enlargement and degeneration of the lymphatic glands. Also called king's evil n. and struma n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > scrofula

king's evila1387

scrofulac1400

escroeles1483

swine's evil1528

strume1559

struma1565

queen's evil1584

evila1616

crewels1660

royal evila1678

scrofulosis1860

scrofulide1864

scrofulodermia1899

α. plural.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 207 Also blood is medlid wiþ greet fleume & malancolie, & engendriþ glandulas & Scrophulas... Also greet fleume is medlid with malancoli, & þerof comeþ glandula & Scrophule.

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Diij The sam withdryveth Scrofulas wher so ever they be on the body.

a1625 T. Lodge Poore Mans Talentt (1881) 13 For the Scrophulæ or Kinges euill.

1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2080 Most inhabitants of which are troubled with the Scrofulæ or Kings Evil.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 673/2 An absolute cure for all kinds of Struma's or Schrophula's whatsoever.

β. singular.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1712 I. 11 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrophula, or king's evil.1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 248 Scrofula has a tendency to attack every tissue in the body.1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 597 Thus in the sixties and the seventies it was as common to see persons marked by the scars of scrofula as it still was to see the ravages of small-pox.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scrofula
释义	scrofulan. /ˈskrɒfjʊlə/ Forms: Also Middle English–1800s scrophula, 1500s skurfula, 1600s–1700s schrophula; plural Middle English–1600s scrophule, 1600s scrofulæ. Etymology: In early use plural after late Latin scrōfulae swelling of the glands, diminutive of scrōfa breeding sow (supposed to be subject to the disease: compare the use of Greek χοιράδες, plural of χοιράς like a hog's back). Later in singular form after medieval Latin scrofula, scrophula (also schrof-, scrufula). From Latin plural are: French scrofules (see scroffles n.), German skrofeln , Swedish skrofler ; also French écrouelles ( < popular Latin scrofellas : see escroeles n., crewels n.); from Latin singular, Italian scrofola, Spanish escrófula; also from popular Latin type Old English scrofell. A constitutional disease characterized mainly by chronic enlargement and degeneration of the lymphatic glands. Also called king's evil n. and struma n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > scrofula king's evila1387 scrofulac1400 escroeles1483 swine's evil1528 strume1559 struma1565 queen's evil1584 evila1616 crewels1660 royal evila1678 scrofulosis1860 scrofulide1864 scrofulodermia1899 α. plural.* c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 207 Also blood is medlid wiþ greet fleume & malancolie, & engendriþ glandulas & Scrophulas... Also greet fleume is medlid with malancoli, & þerof comeþ glandula & Scrophule. 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Diij The sam withdryveth Scrofulas wher so ever they be on the body. a1625 T. Lodge Poore Mans Talentt (1881) 13 For the Scrophulæ or Kinges euill. 1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2080 Most inhabitants of which are troubled with the Scrofulæ or Kings Evil. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 673/2 An absolute cure for all kinds of Struma's or Schrophula's whatsoever. β. singular.1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1712 I. 11 Young Johnson had the misfortune to be much afflicted with the scrophula, or king's evil.1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 248 Scrofula has a tendency to attack every tissue in the body.1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 597 Thus in the sixties and the seventies it was as common to see persons marked by the scars of scrofula as it still was to see the ravages of small-pox. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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