Scrof"u*lous (?), a. [Cf. F. scrofuleux.]
1.
Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
2.
Diseased or affected with scrofula.
Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.
Arbuthnot.
-- Scorf"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Scrof"u*lous*ness, n.
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