Synonyms for pustule
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puhs-choo l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌs tʃʊl |
Top 10 synonyms for pustule Other synonyms for the word pustule
- abscess
- beauty spot
- blackhead
- blackheads
- blain
- bleb
- boil
- bubble
- bulge
- bulla
- bump
- bunion
- burn
- canker
- carbuncle
- caruncle
- corn
- dilation
- distention
- enlargement
- excrescence
- fester
- furuncle
- goober
- goophead
- hickey
- hole
- hump
- increase
- inflammation
- knob
- knurl
- mark
- matter
- maturation
- node
- papula
- papule
- peptic ulcer
- pimple
- pimples
- pizza-face
- pock
- pockmark
- protuberance
- puff
- puffiness
- purulence
- purulency
- pustule
- pustules
- ridge
- rosacea
- sac
- scar
- sinus
- skin inflammation
- sore
- spot
- suppuration
- tumescence
- tumor
- ulcer
- ulceration
- vesication
- vesicle
- wale
- wart
- weal
- welt
- wheal
- whitehead
- whiteheads
- zit
- zits
Définition of pustule
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French pustule (13c.) and directly from Latin pustula "blister, pimple," from PIE imitative root *pu- (1) "blow, swell," on notion of "inflated area" (cf. Sanskrit pupphusah "lung," Greek physa "breath, blast, wind, bubble," Lithuanian puciu "to blow, swell," Old Church Slavonic puchati "to blow"). Cf. emphysema. Related: Pustulant; pustular.
- As in abscess : noun swelling
- As in pimple : noun small swelling on the skin
- As in swelling : noun physical growth; lump
- As in zit : noun pimple
- As in blister : noun swelling
- As in boil : noun blister
- As in pock : noun flaw
- As in ulcer : noun an internal or external sore
- As in acne : noun blemishes
- As in pus : noun liquid matter
- As in ulcer : noun inflammatory condition
- There was some variation in the appearance of the pustule on the arm.
- Extract from : « An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae » by Edward Jenner
- The hair on the pustule stands erect, and is often shed with the scab which results.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- In the venereal disease the local trouble commences as a papule and breaks into an ulcer without having formed a pustule.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- Miss H. has small pustules and great inflammation of her arms, with but one pustule likely to suppurate.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin
- Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
- In a few days a vesicle would appear at the seat of the inoculation, which later on developed into a pustule and eruption.
- Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 » by Various
- As well might you account for the smallpox by saying that the first pustule was the cause of the disease.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- The disease pursues a regular course of papule, pustule, and sore; and is said never to recur.
- Extract from : « The Solomon Islands and Their Natives » by H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy
- If every pustule has not been touched, those left may continue to itch, in which case, a second application is necessary.
- Extract from : « An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art » by B. L. Hill
- The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.
- Extract from : « An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae » by Edward Jenner
Antonyms for pustule
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