Scrofula

Definition:

  • (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).

Compare scrofula with other words:

goiter vs. scrofula

scrofula vs. struma

scrofula vs. scrofulide

inflammation vs. scrofula

intractable vs. scrofula

chronic vs. scrofula

lymph vs. scrofula

children vs. scrofula

scrofula vs. tuberculosis

scrofula vs. scrofulous