‖ scrofulosis Path.
(skrɒfjʊˈləʊsɪs)
[mod.L., f. scrofula + -osis.]
Scrofula without tubercle; ‘scrofulous diathesis’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1860 R. Fowler Med. Voc., Scrophulosis, the condition of being scrofulous. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 457 Scrofulosis is a disease especially of childhood and youth. |