Meaning of FURUNCLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fyûrungkul
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| | Definition: | | [n] a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core |
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| | Synonyms: | | boil |
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| | See Also: | | gumboil, staphylococcal infection | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fu"run*cle\, n. [L. furunculus a petty thief, a boil,
dim. of fur thief: cf. F. furoncle.] (Med.)
A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central
core; a boil.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A furuncle is an infection of a hair follicle. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bump, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore, corn, cyst, dilatation, dilation, distension, edema, eschar, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, furunculus, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids, intumescence, kibe, lesion, lump, papula, papule, paronychia, parulis, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, pustule, rising, scab, sebaceous cyst, soft chancre, sore, stigma, sty, suppuration, swell, swelling, swollenness, tubercle, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, ulcer, ulceration, wale, welt, wen, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound |
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