Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.
||Scro*bic"u*la (?), n.; pl. Scrobiculæ (#). [NL. See Scrobiculate.]
||(Zoöl.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea
||urchin.
Scro*bic"u*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or surrounding,
scrobiculæ; as, scrobicular tubercles.
{ Scro*bic"u*late (?), Scro*bic"u*la`ted (?) }, a. [L. scrobiculus,
dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench.] (Bot.) Having numerous small,
shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
{ Scrod (?), Scrode (?) }, n. A young codfish, especially when cut open
on the back and dressed. [Written also escrod.] [Local, U.S.]
Scrod"dled ware` (?). Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently
colored clays.
Scrof"u*la (?), n. [L. scrofulae, fr. scrofa a breeding sow, because
swine were supposed to be subject to such a complaint, or by a fanciful
comparison of the glandular swellings to little pigs; perhaps akin to
Gr. &?; an old sow: cf. F. scrofules. Cf. Scroyle.] (Med.) A
constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by
chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands,
particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the
development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous
membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the
power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery.
Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
Scrof"u*lide (? or ?), n. (Med.) Any affection of the skin dependent on
scrofula.
Scrof"u*lous (?), a. [Cf. F. scrofuleux.] 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or
partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of
body.