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scrofula

scrof.u.la \'skro.f-y*-l*, 'skra:f-\ n [ML, fr. LL scrofulae, pl., 
   swellings of the lymph glands of the neck, fr]. pl. of scrofula, dim. of L 
   scrofa breeding sow : tuberculosis of lymph glands esp. in the neck