~ FURUNCLE  id+ | PAINFUL SKIN NODE |
            ply> | A BOILING BOIL |
  from      id+ | KNOB ON A VINE |
        which robs the sap from main branches
  lat   FURUS = THIEF
        FURON   FERRET
  med> INFECTION OF A HAIR FOLLICLE
       MOST OFTEN BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CAUSING
  A CORE OF NECROSIS or CELL DEATH
  IN ANTHRAX THE FURUNCLE IS VERY HARD VERY RED AND
  DEVELOPS A VERY BLACK CORE or ESCHAR
  like a BURNING COAL or
  see> CARBO
  see> ANTHRAX
  see> PUS 

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