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Carbuncle

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carbuncle /car·bun·cle/ (kahr´bung-k'l) a necrotizing infection of skin and subcutaneous tissues composed of a cluster of furuncles, usually due to Staphylococcus aureus, with multiple drainage sinuses.carbunc´ular
malignant carbuncle  anthrax.

car·bun·cle (kärbngkl)
n.
1. A deep-seated pyogenic infection of several contiguous hair follicles, with formation of connecting sinuses, often preceded or accompanied by fever, malaise, and prostration.
2. See anthrax.

car·buncu·lar (-ky-lr) adj.

Carbuncle
A large, deep skin abscess formed by a group or cluster of boils.
Mentioned in: Boils

carbuncle
a focus of infection in the skin consisting of multiple abscesses and sinuses.

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