carbuncular

[ kahr-buhng-kyuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbuncular¹

1730–40; < Latin carbuncul ( us ) ( carbuncle ) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

The kinds of pitsand are these: black, gray, red, and carbuncular.

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Pustular, sometimes furuncular and carbuncular and superficially ulcerative.

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It consists of a flat carbuncular or kerion-like inflammation, somewhat elevated, and usually a dime to silver dollar in area.

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Menschell states that 44 persons were afflicted with anthrax after eating the flesh of oxen affected with carbuncular fever.

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