Blister

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1. Noun

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

2. Noun

Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

3. Noun

A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.

4. Verb

To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

5. Verb

To raise a blister or blisters upon.

6. Verb

To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.

7. Noun

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

8. Noun

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Vocabulary classified under Biology
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