FURUNCLE

boil, furuncle

(noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

furuncle (plural furuncles)

A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.

Source: Wiktionary


Fu"run*cle, n. Etym: [L. furunculus a petty thief, a boil, dim. of fur thief: cf. F. furoncle.] (Med.)

Definition: A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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