| carbuncle (def. 3). |
[kahr-buhng-kuh
l] 
| 1. | Pathology. a painful circumscribed inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in suppuration and sloughing, and having a tendency to spread somewhat like a boil, but more serious in its effects. |
| 2. | a gemstone, esp. a garnet, cut with a convex back and a cabochon surface. |
| 3. | Also called London brown. a dark grayish, red-brown color. |
| 4. | Obsolete. any rounded red gem. |
| 5. | having the color carbuncle. |
carbuncle car·bun·cle (kär'bŭng'kəl)
n.
A deep-seated pyogenic infection of several contiguous hair follicles, with formation of connecting sinuses, often preceded or accompanied by fever, malaise, and prostration.
See anthrax.