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pustule
noun as in blister
noun as in pimple
noun as in pus
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noun as in swelling
noun as in ulcer
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The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.
Little white specks appear upon the wool, and are soon followed by a small pustule at the root.
As well might you account for the smallpox by saying that the first pustule was the cause of the disease.
Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.
It attacked the horse and cow as well as the sheep, and human beings died of it when they developed malignant pustule.
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On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pustule, such as: ulcer, boil, and carbuncle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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