Pustule

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  • noun. A small inflamed elevation of the skin that is filled with pus; a pimple.
  • noun. A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.
  • noun. Something likened to an inflamed, pus-filled lesion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the swellings produced in the leaves and stems of plants by Cystopus, Synchytrium, and other fungi.
  • noun. In medicine, a small inflammatory tumor containing pus; a small pimple containing pus.
  • noun. In botany, a slight elevation like a pimple or little blister.
  • noun. In zoology: A small rounded elevation of surface, like a blister; a papule or pimple.
  • noun. A spot of color larger than a dot, and suggestive of a blister.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.
  • noun. See under Malignant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
  • noun. A pimple filled with pus
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
  • Word Usage
    "This paranoid pustule is able to find a liberal conspiracy lurking behind any mundane occurrence, even attributing Obama’s selection as Time’s Person of the Year, an event as predictable as sunrise, to a pay-to-play scheme."
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    bleb  blister  bulla  hickey  pimple  
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