escrófula

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1409. From .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈkɾɔfulɐ]

Noun

escrófula f (plural escrófulas)

1. (pathology) scrofula (a form tuberculosis)
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 157:

     aas vezes nace con algũas sobeg[e]dũes de carne ou de landoas que se geeran ontre o coiro e a carne, e son chamadas landoas o[u] [e]scrofulas, que dizen porcas

     sometimes it grows with some excess of flesh or of glands that are generated in between the skin and the flesh, and they are called glands or scrofulas, which they call porcas

   Synonyms: alporca, carbunco, lamparón

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escrófula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “escrófula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escrófula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin scrōfula.

Noun

escrófula f (plural escrófulas)

1. (pathology) scrofula (a form tuberculosis)

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Spanish

Noun

escrófula f (plural escrófulas)

1. scrofula

Further reading

• “escrófula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014