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单词 carbunculous
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carbunculousadj.

Brit. /kɑːˈbʌŋkjᵿləs/, U.S. /kɑrˈbəŋkjələs/
Forms: 1500s carbunculouse, 1500s– carbunculous.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin carbunculus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin carbunculus carbuncle n. + -ous suffix. Compare classical Latin carbunculōsus containing a variety of sandstone, tophus.
Medicine. Now rare.
= carbuncular adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil
phlegmonic?a1425
phlegmonous?c1425
carbunculous1543
carbuncular1722
phlegmonoid1751
furuncular1849
carbunculate1854
furunculoid1860
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. ii. iii. f. xlviiv/2 The fyrst cha. in whych the cure of all pustles is conteyned, and the generation of apostemes..and of carbunculouse pustles.
1589 J. Banister Antidotarie Chyrurg. 209 (heading) A powder to be vsed in the cure of the carbunculous pustule.
1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 405 Pestilentiall or Carbunculous spots.
1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 281 The papulæ..are sometimes called carbunculous, because of their similitude to that kind of tumours, being then black and gangrenous.
1827 Lancet 21 July 511/1 The gangrene extended itself only to the integuments and cellular tissue, partaking of a carbunculous nature.
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel I. ix. 69 An angry eye, and a carbunculous complexion.
1900 Lancet 8 Sept. 778/2 One of the medical staff working in the plague laboratory observed a carbunculous swelling on the nose of the servant attached to the laboratory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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