| 单词 | the king's evil |
| 释义 | the king's evil in British English pathology a former name for scrofula See full dictionary entry for king's evilscrofula in British English (ˈskrɒfjʊlə) noun pathology (no longer in technical use) tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands Also called (formerly): the king's evil Word origin C14: from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin scrōfulae swollen glands in the neck, literally: little sows (sows were thought to be particularlyprone to the disease), from Latin scrōfa sow |
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