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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Blood from the arm at a distance from the furuncle remained completely sterile.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
The immediate result was a large furuncle under the arm and the affliction for which I was consulted.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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
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
Blood from the inflamed base of the furuncle remained sterile.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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