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pustule

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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.pustulepustule - 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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Little red spots were produced on the tender skin of the arm, which appeared as if they would have formed watery pustules, but did not.
Over the south side of this place bent the wrinkled and sullen façade of the Hôtel Dieu, and its roof, which seemed covered with warts and pustules.
 
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