Usually means: Painful, pus-filled skin infections.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word furuncles:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. furuncles: Merriam-Webster
  2. furuncles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. furuncles: Vocabulary.com
  4. furuncles: Wiktionary
  5. furuncles: Dictionary.com
  6. furuncles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. furuncles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. furuncles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Furuncles (boils): Merck Manuals
  3. furuncles: Medical dictionary

(Note: See furuncle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (furuncle)

noun:  (pathology) A boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
▸ Also see furuncle


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