scrofulide

[医] 皮肤瘰疬, 皮肤结核

词形变化

scrofulides 复数 scrofulides

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.

    罕用

    1870: Title American Journal of Syphilography and Dermatology: Publisher F.W. Christern: "After recovery from tinea tonsurans...crusts and epidermic exfoliations form on the scalp. It is a benign scrofulide induced by the trycophyton."

词源

Latin diminutive of scrōfa (“a breeding sow”), because swine were supposed to be subject to the complaint; or by fanciful comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs.

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