scrofula
Historical medical term for tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis; now largely replaced by modern clinical terminology.
The disease name '瘰癧' is recorded in medical texts from the Edo period.
Rare kanji spelling for a historical medical term; the word itself is now largely obsolete.
Kana spelling provided for searchability; the term is rarely encountered in modern Japanese.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji are conventionally associated with the historical disease name.