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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018601
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018601
Preferred Name

King's Evil

Definitions
The historic designation for scrofula (TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE). The disease is so called from the belief that it could be healed by the touch of a king. This term is used only for historical articles using the name king's evil, and is to be differentiated from scrofula as lymph node tuberculosis in modern clinical medicine. (From Webster, 3d ed)
Synonyms
Kings Evil
Kings Evils
Evil, Kings
Evils, Kings
Evil, King's
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