pustule

  • 11pustule — [14] Despite the fact that pustules contain pus, there is no etymological connection between the two words. Pustule comes via Old French pustule from Latin pustula ‘blister’. This was a derivative of a prehistoric Indo European base *pu… …

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  • 12pustule — UK [ˈpʌstjuːl] / US [ˈpʌsˌtjʃ(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms pustule : singular pustule plural pustules medical a spot on your skin that is filled with liquid …

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  • 13pustule — [14] Despite the fact that pustules contain pus, there is no etymological connection between the two words. Pustule comes via Old French pustule from Latin pustula ‘blister’. This was a derivative of a prehistoric Indo European base *pu… …

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  • 14Pustule — La pustule est une lésion dermatologique courante caractérisée par un soulèvement épidermique contenant d emblée du pus. Étiologies Acné acrodermatite continue bactérides d Andrews Folliculite staphylococcique Syndrome de Fiessinger Leroy Reiter… …

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  • 15pustule — [[t]pʌ̱stʃuːl[/t]] pustules N COUNT A pustule is a small infected swelling on the skin. [MEDICAL] Syn: boil …

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  • 16pustule — noun an infected pustule that began as an ingrown hair Syn: pimple, spot, bleb, boil, swelling, eruption, carbuncle, blister, abscess; informal whitehead, zit, blackhead; technical comedo, papule …

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  • 17pustule — Une Pustule, Pustula …

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  • 18pustule — n. a pimple containing pus. Derivatives: pustular adj. pustulous adj. Etymology: ME f. OF pustule or L pustula …

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  • 19Pustule dome — A pustule dome (or Zit ) occurs when a more buoyant older sediment swells and rises through a harder constraining layer above. An excellent example of this feature can be observed on the South Kaibab Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. This… …

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  • 20pustule — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pustula; akin to Lithuanian pusti to blow, Greek physa breath Date: 14th century 1. a small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing pus and having an inflamed base 2. a small often distinctively… …

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