Furuncle

  • 111ulcer — noun something to soothe the ulcers in his mouth Syn: sore, ulceration, abscess, boil, carbuncle, blister, gumboil, cyst; Medicine aphtha, chancre, furuncle …

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  • 112boil — n *abscess, furuncle, carbuncle, pimple, pustule boil vb Boil, seethe, simmer, parboil, stew mean to prepare (as food) in a liquid heated to the point where it emits considerable steam. Boil implies the bubbling of the liquid and the rapid escape …

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  • 113carbuncle — *abscess, boil, furuncle, pimple, pustule …

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  • 114pimple — *abscess, boil, furuncle, carbuncle, pustule …

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  • 115pustule — *abscess, boil, furuncle, carbuncle, pimple …

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  • 116abscess — n ulcer, ulceration, noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem or aposteme or apostume or aposthume, Obs. apostema tion, Archaic. impostume or imposthume; canker, lesion, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple …

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  • 117blain — n boil, furuncle, furunculus, carbuncle, pustule, pimple, papule, papilla, pock, wen, whelk, Rare. bleb, Archaic. botch; abscess, ulcer, ulceration, noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem or apostemation,… …

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  • 118blister — n 1. blain, boil, furuncle, carbuncle, pustule, pimple, papule, pock, wen, whelk, Rare. bleb, Archaic. botch. See blain . 2. swelling, bulging, bulge, bubble, protuberance, projection, prominence; growth, tumor, intumescence, tumefaction. v 3.… …

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  • 119boil — I v 1. seethe, simmer, stew, steam, decoct, brew; cook, heat, parboil, poach. 2. foam, churn, froth, fulminate, spume, mantle; bubble, effervesce, burble, gurgle, guggle; fizz, fizzle, sputter. 3. rage, rave, bluster, storm, rant, roar, rampage;… …

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  • 120canker — n 1. lesion, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple chancre; abscess, ulcer, ulceration, noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem or aposteme or apostume or aposthume, Obs. apostemation, Archaic. impostume;… …

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