waxing kernel
English edit
Etymology edit
See wax (“to grow”); so called because supposed to be caused by growth of the body.
Noun edit
waxing kernel (plural waxing kernels)
- (medicine, obsolete) A small tumour formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children.
- 1655, Thomas Ruthven, The Ladies Cabinet Enlarged and Opened:
- […] Waxing Kernels, called by some Scrophula
References edit
- “wax”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.