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It generally includes also various sorts of d�bris—broken-down epithelium, blood-corpuscles, pus-corpuscles, and even, in rare cases, a core of sphacelated tissue like that of a furuncle.

The immediate result was a large furuncle under the arm and the affliction for which I was consulted.

Furuncle, fū′rung-kl, n. an inflammatory tumour.—adjs.

Moreover, the Baron had been attacked by a disorder of common occurrence in hot countries, namely, a furuncle, which is exceedingly painful, and obstinately resists every remedy.

You almost want one just to be able to go around saying 'furuncle.'

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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