furuncle
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- furuncular adjective
- furunculous adjective
Etymology
Origin of furuncle
1670–80; < Latin fūrunculus petty thief, boil, equivalent to fūr thief ( cf. furtive) + -unculus diminutive suffix extracted from derivatives of n-stems; see homunculus
Example Sentences
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On June thirteenth I made cultures of the pus from a furuncle of this man.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
If I ventured to express myself so I might say that in this case at least the osteomyelitis was really a furuncle of the bone marrow.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
It generally includes also various sorts of d�bris—broken-down epithelium, blood-corpuscles, pus-corpuscles, and even, in rare cases, a core of sphacelated tissue like that of a furuncle.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
From furuncle, abscess, and sebaceous, fatty and fibroid tumors.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
June second, a puncture was made at the base of the small cone of pus at the apex of a furuncle on the nape of the neck.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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