waxing kernel
English
Etymology
See wax (“to grow”); so called because supposed to be caused by growth of the body.
Noun
waxing kernel (plural waxing kernels)
- (medicine, obsolete) A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “waxing kernel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)