scrofula

scrofula /scrof·u·la/ (skrof´u-lah) old name for tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.

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scrof·u·la (skrfy-l)

n.

A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma.

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scrofula

[skrof′yələ]

Etymology: L, scrofa, brood sow

archaic. a form of tuberculosis cutis with abscess formation, usually of the cervical lymph nodes.

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White Plague

Medical history Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the ‘robber of youth’
Substance abuse A popular term for the epidemic of cocaine abuse

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lymphadenitis [lim″fad-ĕ-ni´tis]

inflammation of one or more lymph nodes, usually caused by a primary focus of infection elsewhere in the body.

cervical lymphadenitis cervical adenitis.

cervical lymphadenitis, tuberculous tuberculosis of the cervical lymph nodes, formerly called scrofula. Called also tuberculous cervical adenitis.

tuberculous lymphadenitis tuberculosis of lymph nodes, usually either cervical (tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis) or mediastinal. See also scrofuloderma.

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scrofula (skrof´ūl),

n. a primary tuberculosis complex occurring in the orocervical region and consisting of tuberculous cervical lymphadenopathy and tuberculosis of adjacent skin (lupus vulgaris), with chronic draining sinuses below the angle of the jaw and cervical region.