Definition of Scrofulous. Meaning of Scrofulous. Synonyms of Scrofulous

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Definition of Scrofulous

Scrofulous
Scrofulous Scrof"u*lous, a. [Cf. F. scrofuleux.] 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body. 2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. --Arbuthnot. -- Scorf"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n.

Meaning of Scrofulous from wikipedia

- The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical lymph...
- monarch who applied the royal touch more than French kings. Over 92,000 scrofulous people were touched by him – over 4,500 annually. James II (r. 1685–1688)...
- air, exercise, cold bathing and drugs. He also published four books on scrofulous diseases and their treatment (1829, 1830, 1831, 1834). Members of the...
- commissioners told us was the late Louis Capet's son", had died of a scrofulous infection of long standing. "Scrofula" as it was previously known, is...
- Browning (1839), "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister", eighth stanza: Or, my scrofulous French novel    On gray paper with blunt type ! Simply glance at it, you...
- from tallow and ashes. There he mentions its use in the treatment of scrofulous sores, as well as among the Gauls as a dye to redden hair which the men...
- Fetters; Young woman holding a chain; Young woman kissing the chains of captive Christians Patronage Struma, Scrofulous Diseases, Goiter, Throat Diseases...
- **** and Isobel both enrolled in the Académie Julian. Hervey, sick with scrofulous tuberculosis, died on 5 April 1876, and was buried in a temporary grave...
- that cadmium iodide was used as a medication to treat "enlarged joints, scrofulous glands, and chilblains". In 1907, the International Astronomical Union...
- scurvy, impurities of the blood etc. It is also used as a remedy for scrofulous affections, especially of the skin, and is bruised and applied externally...