bleb
Americannoun
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Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
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a bubble.
noun
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a fluid-filled blister on the skin
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a small air bubble
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Origin of bleb
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 Thomas Jefferson Ritter
The cheeks and the backs of the hands were each covered with a single bleb.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
All silent runs the silver Trent, The cobweb veils are all wet through, A silver bead's on every bent, On every leaf a bleb of dew.
From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
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