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furuncle

[fyoor-uhng-kuhl] / ˈfyʊər ʌŋ kəl /




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If I ventured to express myself so I might say that in this case at least the osteomyelitis was really a furuncle of the bone marrow.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

On June thirteenth I made cultures of the pus from a furuncle of this man.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

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

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Second observation.—On the tenth of June a new furuncle made its appearance on the right thigh of the same person.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various




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