See Also: caruncle(medicine)
caruncle(dictionary)
Morgagni's caruncle(medicine)
lacrimal caruncle(medicine)
urethral caruncle(medicine)
Santorini's major caruncle(medicine)
Santorini's minor caruncle(medicine)

caruncle (iou)



caruncle noun. L16.
[Obsolete French from Latin caruncula dim. of caro flesh: see -UNCLE.]
A fleshy excrescence or swelling, such as that at the inner corner of the eye (the lacrimal caruncle), or the wattles of a turkey, etc., or (Botany) adjoining the micropyle of certain seeds.
ca'runcular adjective of the nature of or resembling a caruncle M19.
ca'runculate adjective having a caruncle or caruncles E19.
ca'runculated adjective (now rare) = carunculate E19.