scrophularin

[Mod. Lat. scrophular ( ia); -in ( Chem. ).] Chem.: A bitter substance obtained from Scroph ularia nodosa . It di olves slowly in water, and forms white flocks with tannin. scroph-u-la-ri-ně-æ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat.scrophu lar ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ineӕ .] Bot.: The Scrophulariaceae (q. v.). *scroph'-ūle, s . [SCROFULA.] Scrofula (q. v.). "A cataplasme of the leaves and hog's grease in corp or at togither, doth resolve the scrophules or swelling kernels called the king's evill."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xxii., ch. xiv. scrōt-al, adj. [Lat. scrot(um); Eng. adj. suff. -al.] Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.