Definition of: scrofula

(skrof′yə·lə) noun Pathol.
A tuberculous condition of the lymphatic glands, characterized by enlargement, suppurating abscesses, and cheeselike degeneration; the king's evil. [Orig. plural <LL scrofulae, dim. plural <scrofa a breeding sow; so called because sows were supposed to be subject to the disease]