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furuncle|ˈfjʊərʌŋk(ə)l|
[ad. L. fūruncul-us, orig. ‘little thief’, dim. of fūr. Cf. F. furoncle froncle.]
A boil or inflammatory tumour.
1676Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. i. vii. 43 Sorely afflicted with a Furuncle within his Nostrils. 1743tr. Heister's Surg. 195 A Boil or Furuncle is a small resisting Tumor. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xx. 204, I had relieved her from much suffering by opening a furuncle. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women 105 The peculiar blood state which results in the development of furuncles and carbuncles. |