furúnculo

See also: furunculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fūrunculus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fuˈɾũ.ku.lu/

Hyphenation: fu‧rún‧cu‧lo

Noun

furúnculo m (plural furúnculos)

(medicine) boil (small painful nodule that forms around the root of a hair or sweat gland, due to inflammation of the cellular tissue located under the skin)
Synonyms: abcesso, carbúnculo, pústula, leicenço

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fuˈɾunkulo/ [fuˈɾũŋ.ku.lo]
Rhymes: -unkulo
Syllabification: fu‧rún‧cu‧lo

Noun

furúnculo m (plural furúnculos)

Alternative form of forúnculo

Further reading

“furúnculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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