carbuncular

[ kahr-buhng-kyuh-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.

1730–40; < Latin carbuncul ( us ) ( carbuncle ) + -ar ¹

The kinds of pitsand are these: black, gray, red, and carbuncular.

Pustular, sometimes furuncular and carbuncular and superficially ulcerative.

It consists of a flat carbuncular or kerion-like inflammation, somewhat elevated, and usually a dime to silver dollar in area.

Menschell states that 44 persons were afflicted with anthrax after eating the flesh of oxen affected with carbuncular fever.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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