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Webster 1913 Edition


Scrofulide

Scrof′u-lide

(? or ?)
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Noun.
(Med.)
Any affection of the skin dependent on scrofula.

Definition 2024


scrofulide

scrofulide

English

Noun

scrofulide (plural scrofulides)

  1. (rare) Any affliction of the skin dependent on scrofula.
    • 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."