The meaning of Pustule

noun

A swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus.

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Once the abscesses burst, they usually discharge for several days before gradually healing up

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A plug of sebum in a hair follicle, darkened by oxidation.

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These pimples vary according to the severity of the acne and range from whiteheads, blackheads, pus…

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An inflamed swelling or sore on the skin.

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The dust of books causes blains and hangnails; ingested it provokes dyspepsia, flatulence, and hear…

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A small blister on the skin.

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Interestingly, there were no other lesions (i.e., blebs or bullae) present.

noun

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.

Usage examples:

His heels were covered in blisters

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

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The surface of the door began to blister

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

noun

The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.

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Bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes

noun

An inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.

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You can use them to treat sores, bruises, cuts, boils and inflammatory skin conditions.

noun

A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.

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It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses,…

noun

A large painful swelling under the skin

noun

Technical term for blackhead (sense 1).

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A thin-walled hollow organ or cavity in an animal or plant, containing a liquid secretion; a sac, vesicle, or bladder.

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In the lumen of the cysts, eosinophilic or blue secretions were frequently seen, with sometimes tar…

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A round growth under the skin or deeper in the body, containing liquid or tissue

noun

An act or instance of erupting.

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The eruption of vesuvius

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An occasion when a volcano explodes, and flames and rocks come out of it, or the act of doing this

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A volcanic eruption, around the year 600, the eruption of a nearby volcano buried ceren's buildings…

noun

A small pimple or swelling on the skin, often forming part of a rash.

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In patients with the malar rash of systemic lupus erythematosus, papules may be present, but pustul…

noun

A small hard inflamed spot on the skin.

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He had a pimple at the corner of his mouth

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A small, raised spot on the skin

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A pimply teenager

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A spot or pimple.

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The man with the chronic plooks

noun

A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.

Usage examples:

Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb

Short for spotlight.

verb

A point located with respect to surface features of some region

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

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The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

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Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst.

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Throughout the sermon that morning, inman sat staring at ada's neck and listening as monroe repeate…

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Old-fashioned spelling of wynn.

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A predatory marine mollusc with a heavy pointed spiral shell, some kinds of which are edible.

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For main, if your feeling decadent, why not go for the lobster platter; langoustines, mussels, whel…

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A pimple.

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A soft sea creature, similar to a snail, that lives in a hard shell

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A pale or white-topped pustule on the skin.

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These pimples vary according to the severity of the acne and range from whiteheads, blackheads, pus…

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A spot on the skin.

Usage examples:

Do not try to squeeze the zits