pustulous

American  

[puhs-chuh-luhs] / ˈpʌs tʃə ləs /

adjective

1. pustular.

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Etymology

Origin of pustulous

First recorded in 1535–45; pustule + -ous

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Example Sentences

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pustulous

After the dying Wayna Qhapaq locked himself away so that nobody could see his pustulous face, Salcamayhua reported, he was visited by a terrifying midnight vision.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Experience now tells me that almost the only variation which follows consists in the pustulous fluids remaining limpid nearly to the time of its total disappearance; and not, as in the direct smallpox, becoming purulent.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The extract of Bilberry is found to be a very useful application for curing such skin diseases as scaly eczema, and other eczema which is not moist or pustulous; also for burns and scalds.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

On her hand was one large pustulous sore, which resembled that delinated in Plate No. 1.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner

To play Siamese twin to a pustulous convict were a trifle beside this.

From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray

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