phlyctena

American

[flik-tee-nuh] / flɪkˈti nə /

Or phlyctaena

noun

Pathology.

plural

phlyctenae

a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.

phlyctena British

/ flɪkˈtiːnə /

noun

pathol a small blister, vesicle, or pustule

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Etymology

Origin of phlyctena

1685–95; < New Latin, variant of phlyctaena < Greek phlýktaina a blister, akin to phlýein, phlýzein to swell, boil over

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Phlyct�na, Phlyctena, flik-tē′na, n. a small vesicle.—adjs.

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