Usually means: Tuberculosis infection of lymph nodes.
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  1. scrofula: Merriam-Webster
  2. scrofula: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scrofula: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scrofula: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scrofula: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scrofula, scrofula: Wordnik
  7. scrofula: Wiktionary
  8. scrofula: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. scrofula: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. scrofula: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scrofula: Dictionary.com
  12. scrofula: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Scrofula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Scrofula: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. scrofula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. scrofula: Rhymezone
  17. Scrofula: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. scrofula: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. scrofula: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. scrofula: FreeDictionary.org
  21. scrofula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. scrofula: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scrofula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. scrofula: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Scrofula: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. Scrofula: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  7. scrofula: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Scrofula: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Scrofula, Scrofula, Scrofula: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. scrofula: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) A form of tuberculosis, most common in women 30-40 years of age, tending to cause enlarged and degenerated lymph nodes, especially in the neck, and often chronic, intractable skin inflammation as well.

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