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ʻāʻīʻalaʻala

/ ʻā.ʻīʻala.ʻala / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

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s. Ai, to eat, and ala, or alaala, odoriferous. The scrofula.

Aialaala (ă'i-ă'-lă-a-lā), n.

/ ă'i-ă'-lă-a-lā / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Scrofula.

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Scrofula scar, now believed to represent tuberculous lymphadenitis, due to the specific organism, Mycobacte- rium tuberculosis. Scrofula is a medieval term for ulcerating neck lymph nodes. Tuberculosis, as an illness, was unknown in Hawaiʻi before Captain Cook.

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