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Noun: king's evil
Usage: archaic
  1. A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
    "Historically, scrofula was known as the 'king's evil'";
    - scrofula, struma

Derived forms: king's evils

Type of: T.B., TB, tuberculosis

Encyclopedia: King's evil