furunculosis Path.
(fjʊrʌŋkjʊˈləʊsɪs)
[mod.L., f. L. furunculus furuncle: see -osis.]
1. A diseased condition marked by the appearance of a crop of boils.
| 1886 Med. & Surg. Reporter LV. 609 (heading) Furunculosis. 1908 Practitioner June 858 Eczema, with complicating furunculosis. 1946 MacKee & Cipollaro Skin Dis. Children (ed. 2) ii. 25 Localized recurrent furunculosis is best treated with roentgen rays. 1968 Naylor & Rook in A. Rook et al. Textbk. Dermatol. I. xx. 607/1 Epidemics of furunculosis attributable to specific strains of staphylococci have occurred. |
2. [ad. G. furunkulose (Emmerich & Weibel 1894, in Archiv für Hygiene XXI. 5).] A disease of salmonid fishes caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida.
| 1912 Masterman & Arkwright Rep. Epidemic Salmonidæ 1911 13 The epizootic disease which occurred amongst the salmon and trout in the south-west of England during the summer of 1911 presented the same symptoms as the disease which occurs in Germany, especially Bavaria, and in France, and is called Furunculosis of the Salmonidae. 1930 Discovery Aug. 268/2 ‘Furunculosis’..affects salmon and trout rivers where it may cause great havoc among the fish. The disease is caused by a bacterium, which cannot survive in absolutely pure water but arises in water polluted by organic matter. 1959 J. W. Jones Salmon 165 One of the most important factors in causing epidemics of furunculosis is water temperature. |