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FURUNCLE

• FURUNCLE (noun)
The noun FURUNCLE has 1 sense:

1. a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

Familiarity information: FURUNCLE used as a noun is very rare.

• FURUNCLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

boil; furuncle

Hypernyms ("furuncle" is a kind of...):

staphylococcal infection (an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "furuncle"):

gumboil (a boil or abscess on the gums)

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