1. relating to or affected with scrofula, a form of tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes
Usage: medical; archaic
2. morally corrupt or degenerate
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The doctor diagnosed the patient with scrofulous glands in the neck.
• Historical records describe scrofulous conditions being common in overcrowded cities.
• The critic described the novel as depicting a scrofulous society.
• He viewed the political system as fundamentally scrofulous.
• The scrofulous nature of the regime became increasingly apparent.
• Medieval physicians often treated scrofulous swellings with herbal remedies.