furunculosis

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fjʊˌrʌŋkjʊˈləʊsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fyŏŏ rung′kyə lō′sis)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fu•run•cu•lo•sis  (fyŏŏ rung′kyə lō′sis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologythe condition characterized by the presence of boils.
  • Latin fūruncul(us) (see furuncle) + -osis
  • 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
furunculosis /fjʊˌrʌŋkjʊˈləʊsɪs/ n
  1. a skin condition characterized by the presence of multiple boils
  2. an infectious ulcerative disease of salmon and trout caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida

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