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fu⋅run⋅cle

  [fyoor-uhng-kuhl]
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–noun Pathology.
boil 2 .
Origin:
1670–80; < L fūrunculus petty thief, boil, equiv. to fūr thief (cf. furtive ) + -unculus dim. suffix extracted from derivs. of n-stems; see homunculus

Related forms:
fu⋅run⋅cu⋅lar  [fyoo-ruhng-kyuh-ler] , fu⋅run⋅cu⋅lous, adjective
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boil

2  [boil]
–noun Pathology.
a painful, circumscribed inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle, having a dead, suppurating inner core: usually caused by a staphylococcal infection.
Also called furuncle.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bile, bule, OE bȳle; c. G Beule boil, hump, akin to ON beyla hump, swelling
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boil 2   (boil)   
n.  A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

[Middle English bile, from Old English bȳle.]
fu·run·cle   (fyŏŏr'ŭng'kəl)   
n.  See boil2.

[Latin fūrunculus, knob on a vine that "steals" the sap, diminutive of fūr, thief (modeled on latrunculus, robber, diminutive of latrō, latrōn-, bandit); see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
fu·run'cu·lar (fyŏŏ-rŭng'kyə-lər), fu·run'cu·lous (-ləs) adj.
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Word Origin & History

boil  (n.)
"hard tumor," altered from M.E. bile (Kentish bele), perhaps by assoc. with the verb; from O.E. byl, byle, from W.Gmc. *bulja "swelling" (cf. Goth. ufbauljan "to puff up," Icel. beyla "hump"), from PIE base *bhel- "to swell" (see bole).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: boil
Pronunciation: 'boi(&)l
Function: noun
: a localized swelling and inflammation of the skin resulting from bacterial infection in a skingland, having a hard central core, and forming pus called also furuncle

Main Entry: fu·run·cle
Pronunciation: 'fyu(&)r-"&[ng]-k&l
Function: noun
: BOIL —fu·run·cu·lar /fyu-'r&[ng]-ky&-l&r/ adjective —fu·run·cu·lous /-l&s/ adjective
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boil (boil)
n.
A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

furuncle fu·run·cle (fy&oobreve;r'ŭng'kəl)
n.
See boil.

fu·run'cu·lar (fy&oobreve;-rŭng'kyə-lər) or fu·run'cu·lous (-ləs) adj.

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boil   (boil)  Pronunciation Key 
To change from a liquid to a gaseous state by being heated to the boiling point and being provided with sufficient energy. Boiling is an example of a phase transition.
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