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  Furtwängler, Wilhelm furunculosis  
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furuncle
 
SYLLABICATION:fu·run·cle
PRONUNCIATION:  fyrngkl
NOUN: See boil2.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin frunculus, knob on a vine that “steals” the sap, diminutive of fr, thief (modeled on latrunculus, robber, diminutive of latr, latrn-, bandit). See bher-1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:fu·runcu·lar (fy-rngky-lr) , fu·runcu·lous (-ls) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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