pustulate

[puhs-chuh-leyt, puhs-chuh-lit, -leyt]

verb (used with object)

pustulated, pustulating 

1. to cause to form pustules.

verb (used without object)

pustulated, pustulating 

1. to become pustular.

adjective

1. covered with pustules.

pustulate

verb

1. to form or cause to form into pustules

adjective

1. covered with pustules

Other Word Forms

• pustulation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pustulate¹

1600–10; < Late Latin pūstulātus, past participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

All are pustulate above; in most specimens the pustules form no pattern, but in some they tend to form a V in the scapular region.

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Dorsum irregularly pustulate; in some specimens the pustules tend to form a V in the scapular region.

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