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bleb

American  
[bleb] / blɛb /

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.

  2. a bubble.


bleb British  
/ blɛb /

noun

  1. a fluid-filled blister on the skin

  2. a small air bubble

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • blebby adjective

Etymology

Origin of bleb

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2020

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

From Washington Post

A vesicle, bleb, and pustule are hollow; macule, papule, and tubercle are solid.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

A vesicular or bullous lesion may become immediately surrounded by a ring-like vesicle or bleb, and outside of this another form; a patch may be made up of as many as several such rings—herpes iris.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Bleb, bleb, n. a transparent blister of the cuticle: a bubble, as in water.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various