Pustule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small inflamed elevation of the skin that is filled with pus; a pimple.
  • n. A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.
  • n. Something likened to an inflamed, pus-filled lesion: "a cool glimpse of green between hot pustules of sooty sprawl” ( Nicholas Proffitt).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
  • n. A pimple filled with pus
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In medicine, a small inflammatory tumor containing pus; a small pimple containing pus.
  • n. In botany, a slight elevation like a pimple or little blister.
  • n. In zoology: A small rounded elevation of surface, like a blister; a papule or pimple.
  • n. A spot of color larger than a dot, and suggestive of a blister.
  • n. One of the swellings produced in the leaves and stems of plants by Cystopus, Synchytrium, and other fungi.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hickey    blister    zit    bleb    pimple    bulla   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    pock   
    Form
    pustulated    pustular   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pimple   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts