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phlyc·te·na also phlyc·tae·na     (flĭk-tē'nə)  Pronunciation Key 
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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