Hypertext Webster Gateway: "furuncle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furuncle \Fu"run*cle\, n. [L. furunculus a petty thief, a boil,
dim. of fur thief: cf. F. furoncle.] (Med.)
A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central
core; a boil.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
furuncle
n : a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core [syn: {boil}]
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