National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Furuncle

Synonyms

Boil

Furuncle

Definitions

Bacterial infection of the hair follicle and the surrounding skin. It is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. It presents as a painful, erythematous and swollen skin lesion.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C99087

code

C99087

DEFINITION

Bacterial infection of the hair follicle and the surrounding skin. It is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. It presents as a painful, erythematous and swollen skin lesion.

FULL_SYN

Boil

Furuncle

label

Furuncle

Preferred_Name

Furuncle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C99087

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0242301

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C94408

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35038

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35025

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