furuncle
(ˈfjʊərʌŋk(ə)l)
[ad. L. fūruncul-us, orig. ‘little thief’, dim. of fūr. Cf. F. furoncle froncle.]
A boil or inflammatory tumour.
| 1676 Wiseman Chirurg. Treat. i. vii. 43 Sorely afflicted with a Furuncle within his Nostrils. 1743 tr. Heister's Surg. 195 A Boil or Furuncle is a small resisting Tumor. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. II. xx. 204, I had relieved her from much suffering by opening a furuncle. 1872 T. G. Thomas Dis. Women 105 The peculiar blood state which results in the development of furuncles and carbuncles. |