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PUSTULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pustule" is a kind of...):
bleb; blister; bulla ((pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid)
hickey; pimple; zit (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pustule"):
pock (a pustule in an eruptive disease)
Derivation:
pustulate ((of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin)
