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单词 furuncle
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Definition of furuncle in English:

furuncle

noun ˈfjʊərʌŋk(ə)lˈfjʊrˌəŋk(ə)l
  • technical term for boil
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One patient suffered from a painful furuncle, a little walled off ball of pus under the skin, requiring drainage.
    • Warm, moist compresses applied to the furuncle help to promote drainage.
    • Carbuncle is a large coalescence (joining together) of furuncles with several draining points usually found on the neck, back, or thighs.
    • The furuncle was treated with warm compresses and oral antibiotics.
    • Like most small spots or tiny boils, a furuncle is likely to go without any treatment.
    • The furuncle either remains deep and reabsorbs or it will rupture through to the surface of the skin.
    • Generally speaking, the more severe the form of acne and furuncle, the higher the concentration used.
    • Initially, the meatus may still be open, however, as the furuncle grows, it becomes occluded.
    • Antibacterial soaps and topical antibiotics are of little benefit once a furuncle has formed.
    • A boil or a furuncle is a bacterial abscess or collection of pus and dead tissues that starts in the hair follicles.
    • Interdigital furuncles are most commonly found on the dorsal aspect of the paw, but may also be found ventrally.
    • That patients with recurrent furuncles commonly have underlying diabetes.
    • Commonly known as an abscess or boil, a furuncle is a tender, erythematous, firm or fluctuant mass of walled-off purulent material, arising from the hair follicle.
    • Carbuncles are clusters of furuncles connected subcutaneously, causing deeper suppuration and scarring.
    • Common skin infections include cellulitis, erysipelas, impetigo, folliculitis, and furuncles and carbuncles.
    • With time the furuncle fills with pus and frequently softens and drains.
    • Furuncles are deep, tender nodules on hair-bearing areas that develop from the coalescence of several infected follicles, just as carbuncles are a collection of several furuncles.
    • A boil or furuncle is an infection of a hair follicle.
    • People who are obese, on corticosteroid therapy, or those with defective white blood cell function may be predisposed to furuncles and carbuncles.

Derivatives

  • furuncular

  • adjective fjʊəˈrʌŋkjʊləfjuˈrəŋkjələr
    • Lidocaine hydrochloride can also be injected into the furuncular lesion to facilitate extraction.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For the oestrids that extensively migrate like the Hypodermatinae, the avermectins are able to kill both migrating and furuncular stages.
      • Symptoms of infestation include a locally painful, firm furuncular lesion, often with a centrally located pore.
      • Prophylaxis in design, construction and maintenance is valuable, but experience with furuncular conditions is inevitable in even the most ideal systems.
      • Infestation by flies of the genus Hypoderma is characterized by general signs and symptoms (fever, itching, arthromyalgias, hypereosinophylia) followed by the appearance of furuncular or creeping myiasis.
  • furunculous

  • adjective fjʊəˈrʌŋkjʊləs
    • A 4-year-old girl, who had just arrived from Bolivia, was referred to our Emergency Department, as a result of furunculous lesions on the scalp.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In vivid portrayals, they visualise their suffering in the form of furunculous skin, crippled limbs, resigned postures and contorted facial traits.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin furunculus, literally 'petty thief', also 'knob on a vine' (regarded as stealing the sap), from fur 'thief'.

 
 

Definition of furuncle in US English:

furuncle

nounˈfjʊrˌəŋk(ə)lˈfyo͝orˌəNGk(ə)l
  • technical term for boil
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Furuncles are deep, tender nodules on hair-bearing areas that develop from the coalescence of several infected follicles, just as carbuncles are a collection of several furuncles.
    • Initially, the meatus may still be open, however, as the furuncle grows, it becomes occluded.
    • A boil or a furuncle is a bacterial abscess or collection of pus and dead tissues that starts in the hair follicles.
    • Antibacterial soaps and topical antibiotics are of little benefit once a furuncle has formed.
    • Common skin infections include cellulitis, erysipelas, impetigo, folliculitis, and furuncles and carbuncles.
    • Carbuncles are clusters of furuncles connected subcutaneously, causing deeper suppuration and scarring.
    • The furuncle either remains deep and reabsorbs or it will rupture through to the surface of the skin.
    • Interdigital furuncles are most commonly found on the dorsal aspect of the paw, but may also be found ventrally.
    • Commonly known as an abscess or boil, a furuncle is a tender, erythematous, firm or fluctuant mass of walled-off purulent material, arising from the hair follicle.
    • Like most small spots or tiny boils, a furuncle is likely to go without any treatment.
    • Warm, moist compresses applied to the furuncle help to promote drainage.
    • A boil or furuncle is an infection of a hair follicle.
    • People who are obese, on corticosteroid therapy, or those with defective white blood cell function may be predisposed to furuncles and carbuncles.
    • The furuncle was treated with warm compresses and oral antibiotics.
    • One patient suffered from a painful furuncle, a little walled off ball of pus under the skin, requiring drainage.
    • Carbuncle is a large coalescence (joining together) of furuncles with several draining points usually found on the neck, back, or thighs.
    • With time the furuncle fills with pus and frequently softens and drains.
    • That patients with recurrent furuncles commonly have underlying diabetes.
    • Generally speaking, the more severe the form of acne and furuncle, the higher the concentration used.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin furunculus, literally ‘petty thief’, also ‘knob on a vine’ (regarded as stealing the sap), from fur ‘thief’.

 
 
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