carbuncular

[ kahr-buhng-kyuh-ler ]

adjective

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

Origin of carbuncular

1730–40; <Latin carbuncul(us) (see carbuncle) + -ar¹

The kinds of pitsand are these: black, gray, red, and carbuncular.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
Pustular, sometimes furuncular and carbuncular and superficially ulcerative.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
It consists of a flat carbuncular or kerion-like inflammation, somewhat elevated, and usually a dime to silver dollar in area.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Menschell states that 44 persons were afflicted with anthrax after eating the flesh of oxen affected with carbuncular fever.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual | Charles Alexander Cameron

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