The meaning of Carbuncle

noun

A swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus.

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Once the abscesses burst, they usually discharge for several days before gradually healing up

noun

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.

Usage examples:

His heels were covered in blisters

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

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The surface of the door began to blister

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

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Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

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You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

noun

A destructive fungal disease of apple and other trees that results in damage to the bark.

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Cut out lesions on branches caused by canker

verb

(of a plant or part of a plant) become infected with canker.

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The tree is apt to canker in poor soils

noun

An act or instance of erupting.

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The eruption of vesuvius

noun

An occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it, or the act of doing this

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A volcanic eruption, around the year 600, the eruption of a nearby volcano buried ceren's buildings…

noun

Technical term for boil2.

noun

The process of increasing in size.

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The upward growth of plants

noun

The process of developing or of increasing in size

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[ u ] plant growth is most noticeable in spring., [ u ] his budget is designed to promote economic …

noun

An increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services

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The growth of the indian economy, we have had three successive years of economic growth., growth ra…

noun

The process of infecting or the state of being infected.

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Strict hygiene will limit the risk of infection

noun

A condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered the body

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A serious infection, a throat infection, risk of infection bandage the wound to reduce the risk of …

noun

A localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.

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Steroid injections can have a dramatic effect in reducing inflammation and relieving pain

noun

A red, painful, and often swollen area in or on a part of your body

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Aspirin reduces pain and inflammation., an inflammation of the eye/toe/ear

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

noun

A small pimple or swelling on the skin, often forming part of a rash.

Usage examples:

In patients with the malar rash of systemic lupus erythematosus, papules may be present, but pustul…

noun

A small hard inflamed spot on the skin.

Usage examples:

He had a pimple at the corner of his mouth

noun

A small, raised spot on the skin

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A pimply teenager

noun

A spot or pimple.

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The man with the chronic plooks

noun

A small blister or pimple on the skin containing pus.

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Lesions consist of erythematous papules, nodules, pustules, verrucous, or granulomatous lesions.

noun

A small raised area on the skin that contains pus (= thick liquid)

adjective

(of a part of one's body) painful or aching.

Usage examples:

She had a sore throat

noun

A raw or painful place on the body.

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All of us had sores and infections on our hands

adverb

Extremely; severely.

Usage examples:

They were sore afraid

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

Usage examples:

The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

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Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus.

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Benign skin growths include warts, moles, or corns, which are rarely serious problems.

noun

A small, hard lump that grows on the skin and is caused by a virus

noun

A boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst.

Usage examples:

Throughout the sermon that morning, inman sat staring at ada's neck and listening as monroe repeate…

noun

Old-fashioned spelling of wynn.

noun

An abscess in the soft tissue near a fingernail or toenail.

Usage examples:

Herpetic whitlow is an hsv infection of the fingers and toes and may represent a primary infection …