About The Word Furuncle

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Furuncle

Furuncle Meaning & Definition
Furuncle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Furuncle?

[n] a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Synonyms | Synonyms for Furuncle: boil

Related Terms | Find terms related to Furuncle: 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

See Also | gumboil | staphylococcal infection

Furuncle In Webster's Dictionary

\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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