noun
scrofula
Historical medical term for tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis; now largely replaced by modern clinical terminology.
江戸時代の医学書には「瘰癧」という病名が記されている。
The disease name '瘰癧' is recorded in medical texts from the Edo period.
Modern medical term for the same condition; 瘰癧 is the historical Japanese name.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji are conventionally associated with the historical disease name.