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Definition of Caruncles
1. caruncle [n] - See also: caruncle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caruncles
Literary usage of Caruncles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Freeman Josiah Bumstead, Ph. Ricord (1859)
"Of caruncles or Excrescences in the Urethra. Strictures are not supposed to be
the only causes of obstruction to the passage of urine in this canal; ..."
2. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women by James Young Simpson (1872)
"In these plates, however, the caruncles are represented as being of a far larger
size than they are in most of the cases that will come under your ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1860)
"ON THE TREATMENT OF URETHRAL caruncles. By Dr. JY SIMPSON, Professor of Medicine
and Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh. [The occurrence of florid red ..."
4. A Manual of gynaecology by Thomas Watts Eden (1911)
"THE URETHRA Urethral caruncles.—These small growths from the urinary meatus ...
The adenomatous caruncles are sometimes very sensitive, but observers have ..."
5. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1906)
"caruncles may be grouped into two main classes, (1) Granulomata, (2) New-growths.
The granulomata (Section 1) arise as the result of urethral infections, ..."
6. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"Urethral caruncles.—Urethral caruncles, found only in the female, are very painful
to the touch. They also give rise to very considerable pain on the ..."
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