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Scrofula

A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character,

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Tuberculosis 76% connected

A constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the m…

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Struma 92% connected

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Acromegaly noun · 78% connection

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

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Bubo noun · 78% connection

An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis.

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Capillary adjective · 78% connection

Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels o…

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Caseation noun · 78% connection

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

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Caseous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

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Cheesiness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being cheesy.

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Cirrhosis noun · 78% connection

A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…

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Cirrhosis of the liver noun · 78% connection

a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism

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Conglobate adjective · 78% connection

Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

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Constitutional adjective · 78% connection

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Constitutional economics noun · 78% connection

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Degenerationist noun · 78% connection

A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result…

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Encephalopathy noun · 78% connection

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chron…

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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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Ganglion noun · 78% connection

A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

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Gland noun · 78% connection

An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary gland…

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