† fronclen.
Obsolete. rare.
A furuncle or boil.
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1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 34/2 A froncle is a lytle Aposteme, engendred of grosse bloude, causyng griefe whan it commeth to maturation, and it is with pulsation, hauynge the accidentes lyke to the accidentes of Flegmon.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xxix A froncle is a lytle impostume ingendred of a grosse blode.
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