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carbuncle
noun
(car-bun-cle)
any of several red precious stones
carbuncle
noun
(car-bun-cle)
the garnet cut cabochon
carbuncle
noun
(car-bun-cle)
a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue
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