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phlyctena

American  
[flik-tee-nuh] / flɪkˈti nə /
Or phlyctaena

noun

Pathology.

plural

phlyctenae

  1. a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.

phlyctena British  
/ flɪkˈtiːnə /

noun

  1. 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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