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phlyc⋅te⋅na

  [flik-tee-nuh]
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–noun, plural -nae  [-nee] . Pathology.
a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
Also, phlyctaena.

Origin:
1685–95; < NL, var. of phlyctaena < Gk phlýktaina a blister, akin to phlýein, phlýzein to swell, boil over
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phlyc·te·na also phlyc·tae·na   (flĭk-tē'nə)   
n.   pl. phlyc·te·nae also phlyc·tae·nae (-nē)
A small blister or vesicle, especially one of multiple blisters caused by a mild burn.

[New Latin, from Greek phluktaina, blister, from phlūzein, to boil over, variant of phlūein; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
phlyc'ten'ar (flĭk'těn'ər) adj.
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phlyctena phlyc·te·na or phlyc·tae·na (flĭk-tē'nə)
n. pl. phlyc·te·nae (-nē)
A small blister or vesicle, especially one of multiple blisters caused by a mild burn.

phlyc'ten'ar (flĭk'těn'ər) adj.

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