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furuncle
noun
[ ˈfjʊərʌŋk(ə)l ]
• technical term for boil2.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin furunculus, literally ‘petty thief’, also ‘knob on a vine’ (regarded as stealing the sap), from fur ‘thief’.
