furuncle
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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
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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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Fourth observation.—June fourteenth, the same individual showed me a newly forming furuncle in the left axilla: there was wide- spread thickening and redness of the skin, but no pus was yet apparent.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Third observation.—The fourteenth of June, a new furuncle appeared on the neck of the same person.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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
Moreover, the Baron had been attacked by a disorder of common occurrence in hot countries, namely, a furuncle, which is exceedingly painful, and obstinately resists every remedy.
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