pustule

Other forms: pustules

Definitions of pustule
  1. noun
    a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
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    types:
    pock
    a pustule in an eruptive disease
    type 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
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