Bleb

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  • noun. A small blister or pustule.
  • noun. An air bubble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A blister or pustule.
  • noun. A bubble, as in water or other fluid, or in a substance that has been fluid, as glass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bubble, such as in paint or glass
  • noun. A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid
  • noun. An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis
  • noun. A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another
  • verb. To form, or cause the formation of, blebs
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
  • Word Usage
    "Doctors make a small hole toward the front of the eye to drain out extra fluid, which is filtered through a "bleb" - a blisterlike bulge -- and eventually absorbed by the blood stream."