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blister

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: blister

1
 nv
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
cause blisters to form on
2
 v
subject to harsh criticism
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: blister
1

n (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

Synonyms:
bleb, bulla
Types:
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water blister
blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content
blood blister
blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury
pustule
a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
pock
a pustule in an eruptive disease
Type of:
cyst, vesicle
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

n (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

Type of:
enation, plant process
a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

n a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

Type of:
defect, fault, flaw
an imperfection in an object or machine

v cause blisters to form on

“the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet”
Synonyms
vesicate
get blistered
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v get blistered

“Her feet blistered during the long hike”
Synonyms:
vesicate
Type of:
intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
expand abnormally
2

v subject to harsh criticism

“The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”
Synonyms:
scald, whip
Type of:
assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe
attack in speech or writing
Launch
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