adjective
- relating to or affected with scrofula or similar swelling of the lymph nodes
Usage: medical; archaic
Examples
- The physician examined the patient’s strumous neck glands.
- Historical medical texts often described strumous conditions in detail.
- The strumous swelling was characteristic of the disease.
- Medieval doctors struggled to treat strumous patients effectively.
- The child’s strumous appearance concerned the family doctor.