or CARUNCLE, in anatomy, a term denoting a little piece of flesh, and applied to several parts of the human body. Thus,

CARUNCULE Myrtiformes, in anatomy, fleshy knobs about the size of a myrtle berry, supposed to owe their origin to the breaking of the hymen. See Anatomy, no 108.

Caruncles in the urethra, proceeding from a gonorrhoea, or an ulceration of the urethra, may be reduced by introducing the bougie.