pustule
41pustule — /ˈpʌstjul / (say pustyoohl) noun 1. Pathology a small elevation of the skin containing pus. 2. any pimple like or blister like swelling or elevation. {Middle English, from Latin pustula} …
42pustule — n. pus containing pimple. ♦ pustulant, n. & a. (medicine) producing pustules. ♦ pustular, ♦ pustulatous, ♦ pustulose, ♦ pustulous, a. ♦ pustulate,v.i. & t …
43pustule — nf. => Gourme …
44Malignant pustule — Pustule Pus tule (?; 135), n. [L. pustula, and pusula: cf. F. pustule.] (Med.) A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus. [1913 Webster] {Malignant pustule}. See under {Malignant}. [1913 Webster] …
45Kogoj spongiform pustule — Ko·goj spongiform pustule (koґgoi) [Franjo Kogoj, Croatian physician, 1894–1983] spongiform pustule; see under pustule …
46Malignant pustule — malignant ma*lig nant, a. [L. malignans, antis, p. pr. of malignare, malignari, to do or make maliciously. See {Malign}, and cf. {Benignant}.] 1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or… …
47malignant pustule — n localized anthrax of the skin taking the form of a pimple surrounded by a zone of edema and hyperemia and tending to become necrotic and ulcerated * * * the initial skin lesion of cutaneous anthrax; called also malignant carbuncle …
48multilocular pustule — a pustule with several compartments, indicating origin from a spongiotic vesicle within the epidermis rather than from infection in a follicle, a sweat pore, or subepidermal tissues …
49spongiform pustule — of Kogoj a focal area of spongiosis beneath the stratum corneum of the epidermis, lined with edematous cells and containing neutrophils in the intercellular spaces; it is a cardinal sign of active psoriasis and is also found in other dermatoses… …
50unilocular pustule — a pustule having a single cavity, suggesting origin in a follicle, sweat pore, or subepidermal tissue; called also simple p …
