noun
- A form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, especially of the neck, that is most common in children and is usually spread by unpasteurized milk from infected cows. Also called struma.
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“[T]his flag was removed & presented to a chieftain, who wore it proudly until the scrofula took him.”
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas: a novel. New York: Random House, 2004: 30.
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