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2. Verb. (third-person singular of boil) ¹

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Definition of Boils

1. boil [v] - See also: boil

Medical Definition of Boils

1. A Staphylococcal skin infection which involves a hair follicle, often referred to as a boil or a furuncle. A group of boils is known as a carbuncle. Symptoms and findings include a tender pea-sized (or larger), red nodule, may ooze pus or weep. Treatment includes warm, wet compresses several times a day. Oral or topical antibiotics may be indicated in some cases. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boils

Literary usage of Boils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1856)
"Syrup boils 62 per cent sugar. Chlor, alumina boils; water boils, bar.31 2i:j 7'. ... Syrup boils 84 per cent sugar. -232 Sulphur melta. dv 6-6Ä; ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It boils at 119-9° at 760 mm. (Schumann); and has a sp.gr. 0-8990 at 0°/4° (Elsasser). A solution of ¡ ethyl butyrate is used in perfumery and in ..."

3. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"boils may develop in well babies, even under proper management, ... I have repeatedly seen the boils coalesce, forming a large, sloughing suppurating mass. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Thomas Harvey Coldwell, Tennessee Supreme Court (1867)
"Frances boils vs. George boils and JR Sanders. pany. But how could he get it from this latter company, unless the wheat were tendered to them to carry? ..."

5. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"Saturated sol. of sal ammoniac boils (Taylor). Saturated sol. of acetate of ... Water begins to boil in lead, sulph. and bitar- Water boils in metal, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"CO,Et boils at 184°, and has sp.gr. 0-9913 at 16° 2. ... in the Acetol boils at 54° (18 mm.), and with slight decomposition at 147° under atmospheric ..."

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