furuncle
American
[fyoor-uhng-kuhl]
/ ˈfjʊər ʌŋ kəl /
noun
Pathology.
furuncle
British
/ ˈfjʊərʌŋkəl, fjʊˈrʌŋkjʊlə /
noun
Other Word Forms
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
