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furunculosis


Definition of furunculosis

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1 Medicine the simultaneous or repeated occurrence of boils on the skin.
  • 2a bacterial disease of salmon and trout.

Origin:

late 19th century: from furuncle + -osis

furunculosis in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of furunculosis in the US English dictionary