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pus·tule  (pschl, pstyl)

n.

1. A small inflamed elevation of the skin that is filled with pus; a pimple.

2. A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.

3. Something likened to an inflamed, pus-filled lesion: "a cool glimpse of green between hot pustules of sooty sprawl" (Nicholas Proffitt).

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pustula, blister.]

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pustule

Noun

a small inflamed raised area of skin containing pus [Latin pustula a blister]

pustular adj

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pustule  (pschl)

A small inflamed swelling of the skin that is filled with pus.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus bleb, bulla, blister - (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid hickey, pimple, zit - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne pock - a pustule in an eruptive disease