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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).

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

pustule [ˈpʌstjuːl]
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) a small inflamed elevated area of skin containing pus
2. (Medicine / Pathology) any small distinct spot resembling a pimple or blister
[from Latin pustula a blister, variant of pūsula; compare Greek phusallis bladder, phusa bellows]
pustular  [ˈpʌstjʊlə] adj

pustule  (pschl)
A small inflamed swelling of the skin that is filled with pus.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing puspustule - 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

pustule
noun boil, spot, gathering, blister, ulcer, fester, pimple, abscess, zit (slang) She had a large number of little pimples and pustules on her face.
Translations
pustule [ˈpʌstjuːl] Npústula f
pustule
nPustel f, → Eiterpickel m


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Dorothy Pustula died last year aged 82, having lived alone in Edinburgh since her Czech engineer husband Mieczyslaw passed away.
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