1) Boil 2) Sore 3) Ulcer
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1) French word used in English 2) Garnet 3) Garnet variety 4) Heraldic charge
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- deep-red cabochon-cut garnet cut without facets
- an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
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architectural monstrosity or eyesore; red precious stone
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• (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet. • (n.) A ver...
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See garnet.
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in medicine, a type of inflammatory staphylococcal infection of the skin. A carbuncle typically consists of two or more interconnected boils called ... [1 related articles]
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in mineralogy, a deep red, cabochon-cut almandine, which is an iron aluminum garnet. See almandine.[1 related articles]
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In gemology, a red precious stone, especially a garnet, cut with a smooth, rounded surface. ...
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A Staphylococcal skin infection which involves a hair follicle, often referred to as a boil or a furuncle. A group of boils is known as a carbuncle. ... Symptoms and findings include a tender pea-sized (or larger), red nodule, may ooze pus or weep. ... Treatment includes warm, wet compresses several times a day. Oral or topical antibiotics may be i...
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(kahr´bәng-kәl) a necrotizing infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue composed of a cluster of boils, usually resulting from infection by Staphylococcus aureus; there are generally multiple drainage sinuses. Like boils, carbuncles are caused by pus-forming bacteria. The infecting organisms are often presen...
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A large boil - Skin cancer or other tumour
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See garnet.
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Car'bun·cle noun [ Latin carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: confer French carboncle . See Carbon .] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks
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Carbuncle is a beautiful gem of a deep red colour (with a mixture of scarlet) . It was called by the Greeks anthrax and is found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the colour of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet....
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In heraldry a carbuncle is a charge or bearing representing the precious stone. It has eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre.
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Carbuncle is London Cockney rhyming slang for uncle.
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A cabochon garnet
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(kar'bung-kl) (Latin. Carbunculus - little coal)
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archaic or obsolete terms > Stones & Minerals: Probably garnet. A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the east indies. when held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. the name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been al...
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A deep-seated skin infection containing many pockets of pus.
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carbuncle 1. A multiple-headed boil. 2. A group of boils is known as a carbuncle. 3. A red gemstone, especially a garnet, which is smoothly rounded and polished. 4. Etymology: from Old French charbu(n)cle and Latin carbunculus, 'small coal'(carbon- 'coal').
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abscess containing a large, deep, purulent skin lesion
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noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
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Multiple cutaneous abscesses that are connected by sinuses.
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