noun Etymology: New Latin, back-formation from Late Latin ~e, plural, swellings of the lymph nodes of the neck, from plural of ~, diminutive of Latin scrofa breeding sow Date: 1791 tuberculosis of lymph nodes especially in the neck
SCROFULA
Meaning of SCROFULA in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012