boil

(boil). See furuncle. Aleppo, Biskra, See furunculus orien- Oriental, Penjdeh b. talis. Bulama Ὅ. [from Bulama, an island of West Africa], a chronic sore of West Africa, said to be due to a burrowing insect-larva. cat- b., a small variety of ordinary furuncle. Delhi b., tropical b., forms of furunculus oriental is. Gafsa b., an endemic ulcer, named from Gafsa, in Tunis: a variety of Oriental furunculus. gum- See parndis.