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‖ strophulus Path.|ˈstrɒfjʊləs|
[mod.L. (‘Reddegownde, strophulus’ Huloet 1552, and later Lat.-Eng. Dicts.), app. a corruption of med.L. scrophulus ‘redgownd’ (Promp. Parv.), corruption of L. scrōfulæ (scrofula), misapplied to an eruptive disease.]
A papular eruption on the skin of infants; it has several varieties, known popularly as red-gum, white-gum, tooth-rash, etc.
1808Willan Cutaneous Dis. I. 16 The Strophulus is a papulous eruption, peculiar to infants, and exhibiting a variety of forms. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) V. 565 The tooth-rash is the severest form in which strophulus shows itself. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 348 Many attacks of so-called ‘strophulus’.. are really due to the operations of the above animals [sc. gnats, fleas, and bugs]. |