Preferred Label : king's evil;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : kings evil; evil, king's; Evil, Kings; Evils, Kings; Kings Evils;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis;
MeSH annotation : scrofula in hist articles only: differentiate from SCROFULA see TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH
NODE which is restricted to scrofula in modern clin med;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis;
Origin ID : D018601;
UMLS CUI : C0242830;
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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)
