‖ scrofuloderma
(ˌskrɒfjʊləʊˈdɜːmə)
Pl. -dermata (-ˈdɜːmətə). Also anglicized ˈscrofuloderm.
[mod.L., f. scrofulo- + derma.]
A skin-lesion considered to be of scrofulous origin. So ˌscrofuloˈdermia [see -ia1], the condition of being affected with scrofulodermata.
| 1857 E. Wilson Dis. Skin (ed. 4) 321 Scrofuloderma. 1888 J. N. Hyde Dis. Skin (ed. 2) 492 The Small Pustular Scrofuloderm. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 795 Scrofulodermia may appear in the same class of subjects as lupus. |
Hence ˌscrofuloˈdermic a.
| 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 801 The second variety of scrofulodermic lesion appears as an ulceration limited to the neighbourhood of the natural apertures. |