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pustule
[ puhs-chool ]
noun
- Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation.
pustule
/ ˈpʌstjʊlə; ˈpʌstjuːl /
noun
- a small inflamed elevated area of skin containing pus
- any small distinct spot resembling a pimple or blister
pustule
/ pŭs′cho̅o̅l /
- A small inflamed swelling of the skin that is filled with pus.
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Derived Forms
- pustular, adjective
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Other Words From
- pustuled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In the case of the dog, the animal developed pustules about 12 days after its owners reported symptoms.
The group made it to the Americas just in time to use one final remaining pustule—and to replenish their chain of children by renting some from local families.
Two boys would be infected with cowpox, and just before their pustules healed over, their pus would be used to inoculate another pair, and so on.
Although smallpox was a widespread and frightening disease, many resisted variolation, which meant inserting material from a smallpox sufferer’s pustules into a healthy person’s skin.
Later, rashes develop on the face and body which turn into lesions, pustules, and eventually scabs.
The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.
Little white specks appear upon the wool, and are soon followed by a small pustule at the root.
As well might you account for the smallpox by saying that the first pustule was the cause of the disease.
Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.
It attacked the horse and cow as well as the sheep, and human beings died of it when they developed malignant pustule.
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