Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circumscribed inflammation of the skin, forming a necrotic central core, and suppurating and discharging the core; a boil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.
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- noun a
boil orinfected ,inflamed , pus-filledsore
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- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sunday, April 17, 2005 furuncle etc. I am currently afflicted with a furuncle (or a carbuncle or just a plain nasty boil) on my inner thigh that make sitting down a very delicate operation.
furuncle etc. Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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Buddy felt vindicated (even if at that very moment there was in the middle of his chin a furuncle the size and temperature of an oven-baked hors d-oeuvre); felt both humble and heroic, and was more than ready to put his martyrish shoulder to the wheel.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
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In brief, it appears certain that every furuncle contains an aerobic microscopic parasite, to which is due the local inflammation and the pus formation that follows.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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-- The fourteenth of June, a new furuncle appeared on the neck of the same person.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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The following days, the blood from the finger remained absolutely sterile: but that obtained from the center of the forming furuncle gave an abundant growth of the same small organism as before.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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If I ventured to express myself so I might say that in this case at least the osteomyelitis was really a furuncle of the bone marrow.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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June 17, the examination of a fresh furuncle on the same individual gave the same result, the development of a pure culture of the same organism.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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Blood from the arm at a distance from the furuncle remained completely sterile.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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A few drops of Apis 3, shaken with twelve tablespoonfuls of water, a tablespoonful of this solution every three hours, generally relieves the pain in a short period, promotes suppuration, effects the discharge of the decayed cellular tissue, and a speedy cure of the furuncle.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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-- June fourteenth, the same individual showed me a newly forming furuncle in the left axilla: there was wide - spread thickening and redness of the skin, but no pus was yet apparent.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
maire commented on the word furuncle
sounds like a furry carbuncle,a boil that has burst and been left unattended so long that there is green mold growing on the edges...a condition one might wish to exist on auntie's hirsute husband perhaps...
November 1, 2007