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car⋅bun⋅cu⋅lar

  [kahr-buhng-kyuh-ler]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle, esp. having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
Origin:
1730–40; < L carbuncul(us) (see carbuncle ) + -ar 1
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car·bun·cle   (kär'bŭng'kəl)   
n.  

  1. A painful localized bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue that usually has several openings through which pus is discharged.

    1. A deep-red garnet, unfaceted and convex.

    2. Obsolete A red precious stone.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin carbunculus, small glowing ember, carbuncle, diminutive of carbō, carbōn-, coal; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.]
car'bun'cled adj., car·bun'cu·lar (-kyə-lər) adj.
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