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blind boil

noun

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  1. A boil under or on the skin that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.

    • A singular species of worms, called by the natives 'Gusano del Monte'—Worm of the Woods, was found under the surface of the skin, and covered over like a blind boil.

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