词根词缀:scroful-, scrofulo-
【来源及含义】Latin: breeding sow
【相关描述】In the extended sense, it pertains to scrofula, a tubercular swelling, especially of the lymphatic glands [so named, perhaps, because the swelling resembles the shape of a sow or a female hog]).
【同源单词】scrofula, scrofuloderma, scrofulous, scrofulous abscess