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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fūrunculus.
Pronunciation
- 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/
- Rhymes: -unkulo
- Syllabification: fu‧rún‧cu‧lo
Noun
furúnculo m (plural furúnculos)
- Alternative form of forúnculo
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