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  • 51scrofulously — See scrofulous. * * * …

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  • 52felon — felon1 /fel euhn/, n. 1. Law. a person who has committed a felony. 2. Archaic. a wicked person. adj. 3. Archaic. wicked; malicious; treacherous. [1250 1300; ME fel(o)un wicked < AF; OF fel (nom.), felun (obl.) wicked person, traitor, perh. < Old&#8230; …

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  • 53scrofula — /skrof yeuh leuh/, n. Pathol. primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, esp. those of the neck. [1350 1400; ME (pl.) < LL scrofulae (L scrof(a) sow + ulae (pl.) ULE), from the belief that breeding sows were susceptible] * * * ▪ disease&#8230; …

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  • 54struma — /strooh meuh/, n., pl., strumae / mee/. 1. Pathol. goiter. 2. Bot. a cushionlike swelling on an organ, as that at one side of the base of the capsule in many mosses. [1555 65; < NL; L struma scrofulous tumor] * * * …

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  • 55Barcelona — • One of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Tarragona Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Barcelona     Barcelona     † …

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  • 56scrofula — noun A form of tuberculosis, most common in children, spread by unpasteurized milk from affected cattle. it is manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymph glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by the&#8230; …

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  • 57Rhinitis — Irritation of the nose. Derived from the Greek word rhinos meaning of the nose. * * * Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane. SYN: nasal catarrh. [rhin + G. itis, inflammation] acute r. an acute catarrhal inflammation of the …

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  • 58scrofula — Historic term for cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis. [L. scrofulae (pl. only), a glandular swelling, s., fr. scrofa, a breeding sow] * * * scrof·u·la skrȯf yə lə, skräf n tuberculosis of lymph nodes esp. in the neck …

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  • 59struma — 1. SYN: goiter. 2. Formerly, any enlargement of a tissue. [L. a scrofulous tumor, fr. struo, to pile up, build] s. aberrata SYN: aberrant goiter. s. colloides SYN: colloid goiter. Hashimoto s. SYN: Hashimoto …

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  • 60Clerodendrum colebrookianum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked) …

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