Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skin condition characterized by the development of recurring boils.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the morbid state characterized by the presence of furuncles or boils.
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- noun medicine The presence of
furuncles orboils .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
Etymologies
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Examples
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Newborn, Arthur, No 1323 with furunculosis of the right knee had been passed fit for work.
Work Camp 10049 GW 2010
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The first culture, of March thirteenth, contained only the organism of furuncles; the next one, that of the fifteenth, contained an organism resembling that of furunculosis, but which always differed enough to make it easy usually to distinguish it.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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I believe therefore that it would be extremely instructive in furunculosis, to find a patient willing to submit to a number of punctures in different parts of the body away from formed or forming furuncles, and thus secure many cultures, simultaneous of otherwise, of the blood of the general circulation.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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The first culture, of March thirteenth, contained only the organism of furuncles; the next one, that of the fifteenth, contained an organism resembling that of furunculosis, but which always differed enough to make it easy usually to distinguish it.
On the Extension of the Germ Theory to the Etiology of Certain Common Diseases 1909
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I believe therefore that it would be extremely instructive in furunculosis, to find a patient willing to submit to a number of punctures in different parts of the body away from formed or forming furuncles, and thus secure many cultures, simultaneous or otherwise, of the blood of the general circulation.
On the Extension of the Germ Theory to the Etiology of Certain Common Diseases 1909
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When occurring in crops (furunculosis) the affection is often rebellious; recovery, however, finally resulting.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Persistent furunculosis is not infrequent in diabetes mellitus.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Rational Review 2009
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We used gene expression analyses to search for the correlates of vaccine protection against furunculosis in Atlantic salmon.
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A number of genes with marked expression difference between HR and LR can be considered as positive and negative correlates of vaccine protection against furunculosis.
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