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)

1. (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)

1. Alternative form of forúnculo

Further reading

• “furúnculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10