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pus⋅tule

  [puhs-chool]
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–noun
1. Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
2. any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L pūstula, pūsula a pimple, blister; akin to Gk phȳsaléos inflated

Related forms:
pustuled, adjective
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pus·tule   (pŭs'chōōl, pŭs'tyōōl)   
n.  

  1. A small inflamed elevation of the skin that is filled with pus; a pimple.

  2. A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.

  3. Something likened to an inflamed, pus-filled lesion: "a cool glimpse of green between hot pustules of sooty sprawl" (Nicholas Proffitt).


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pustula, blister.]
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Word Origin & History

pustule 
1398, from O.Fr. pustule (13c.), from L. pustula "blister, pimple," from PIE *pu- "blow, swell," on notion of "inflated area" (cf. Skt. pupphusah "lung," Gk. physa "breath, blast, wind, bubble," Lith. puciu "to blow, swell," O.C.S. puchati "to blow").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pus·tule
Pronunciation: 'p&s-(")chü(&)l, -(")t(y)ü(&)l
Function: noun
1 : a small circumscribed elevation ofthe skin containing pus and having an inflamed base
2 : a small often distinctively colored elevation or spot resembling a blister or pimple
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Medical Dictionary

pustule pus·tule (pŭs'ch&oomacr;l, pŭs'ty&oomacr;l)
n.

  1. A small inflamed skin swelling that is filled with pus; a pimple.

  2. A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.

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Science Dictionary
pustule   (pŭs'chl)  Pronunciation Key 
A small inflamed swelling of the skin that is filled with pus.
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