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   car·bun·cle

   /ˈkärˌbəNGk(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.
   • 2. a bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon.

   Word Origin Middle English (in carbuncle (sense 2)): from Old French charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus ‘small coal’, from carbo ‘coal, charcoal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. carbuncular adjective

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