furunculosis

[ fyoo-ruhng-kyuh-loh-sis ]

nounPathology.
  1. the condition characterized by the presence of boils.

Origin of furunculosis

1
1885–90; <Latin fūruncul(us) (see furuncle) + -osis

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British Dictionary definitions for furunculosis

furunculosis

/ (fjʊˌrʌŋkjʊˈləʊsɪs) /


noun
  1. a skin condition characterized by the presence of multiple boils

  2. an infectious ulcerative disease of salmon and trout caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida

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