bleb

[bleb]

noun

1. Medicine/Medical.,  a blister or vesicle.

2. a bubble.

bleb

/ blɛb /

noun

1. a fluid-filled blister on the skin

2. a small air bubble

Other Word Forms

• blebby adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleb¹

First recorded in 1600–10; akin to blob, blubber

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleb¹

C17: variant of _blob

Example Sentences

Anyone who has had an intradermal tuberculosis test on the forearm is familiar with the “bleb.”

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When administered, the injected vaccine leaves a small blister, called a bleb, under the skin.

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I think if you can get it out with scissors, it’s probably a bleb.

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Any RNA made by a cell should be distributed into the blebs randomly.

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Consider, for example, the small goosebumplike blebs that pepper the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe, the mid-20th-century artist made famous by her depictions of flowers and the Southwest United States.

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Related Words

• abscess 
• cyst 
• pimple 
• sore 
• ulcer 
• welt