scrofula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scrofula
1350–1400; Middle English (plural) < Late Latin scrōfulae ( Latin scrōf ( a ) sow + -ulae (plural) -ule ), from the belief that breeding sows were susceptible
Example Sentences
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His smile is the origin of what is called sunshine, and he personally cured my scrofula.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021
So prized were moles’ hands that farmers once kept them in silk bags as talismans for good luck and to ward off toothache, epilepsy and scrofula.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017
Others just reached out in hopes of touching him as if they were seeking to be cured of scrofula.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015
Their infant daughter, Agnes, soon died there of scrofula, tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck, which was linked to unpasteurized milk.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2011
Like John, he had lumps on his neck, but in Alcante’s case they were in fact symptomatic of scrofula.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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