FURUNCLE


Meaning of FURUNCLE in English

— furuncular /fyoo rung"kyeuh leuhr/ , furunculous , adj.

/fyoor"ung keuhl/ , n. Pathol.

boil 2 .

[ 1670-80; furunculus petty thief, boil, equiv. to fur thief (cf. FURTIVE) + -unculus dim. suffix extracted from derivs. of n-stems; see HOMUNCULUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .