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King's Evil

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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)

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Label

King's Evil

Synonyms
  • Evil, King's
  • Evil, Kings
  • Evils, Kings
  • King's Evil (DE)
  • Kings Evil
  • Kings Evils
AN

= scrofula in hist articles only: differentiate from SCROFULA see TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE which is restricted to scrofula in modern clin med

AQL

HI

DC

1

DX

19950101

HN

95

MDA

19940419

MMR

20150622

MN

C01.252.410.040.552.846.719.500

PM

95

QB

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266

RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014388

TERMUI

T055360, T000873705

TH

NLM (2016), NLM (1995)

cui

C0242830

hasSTY

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T047

tui

T047

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