boil (redirected from saddle b's)

boil (boil) furuncle.

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Aleppo boil , Delhi boil cutaneous leishmaniasis (Old World).

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boil (boil)

n.

A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

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boil (furuncle),

n a painful skin lesion caused by infection of a hair follicle, characterized by a central core surrounded by inflamed tissue.

boil, gum,

n See parulis.

Boil.

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boil

a painful nodule formed in the skin by circumscribed inflammation of the corium and subcutaneous tissue, enclosing a central slough or 'core'. Called also furuncle.

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saddle b's

deep-seated subcutaneous abscesses under the saddle place. Associated usually with poor grooming technique.

shoe boil

see elbow hygroma.

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boil Infectious disease noun A painful, inflamed, circumscribed, often staphylococcal skin infection with pus and blood and a central fibrous mass of dead tissue, aka core; if multiple, a carbuncle; so-called blind boils suppurate imperfectly, or fail to come to a head Clinical Tender pea-sized or greater, red nodule, which may ooze pus or weep Management Warm, wet compresses; oral or topical antibiotics Complicating factors CA, DM, immunosuppressants. See Dehli boil verb To heat to a boiling point, or cause ebullition; as, to boil water.