Definitions

pustule

[puhs-chool] / ˈpʌs tʃʊl /

NOUN

abscess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ulcer

STRONG

boil carbuncle

NOUN

blister

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess cyst pimple sore ulcer welt

STRONG

blain bleb boil bubble bulla burn canker carbuncle furuncle sac vesication vesicle wale weal wheal

NOUN

boil

Synonyms

STRONG

abscess blain blister carbuncle excrescence furuncle pimple sore tumor ulcer

NOUN

pimple

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acne blemish blister lump

STRONG

abscess blackhead boil bump carbuncle caruncle excrescence furuncle hickey inflammation papule spot whitehead zit

WEAK

beauty spot papula

NOUN

pock

Synonyms

STRONG

blemish hole mark pockmark scar spot

Antonyms

STRONG

benefit

NOUN

pus

Synonyms

STRONG

matter maturation purulence purulency sinus suppuration

NOUN

swelling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess blister bruise bump contusion inflammation injury nodule sore tumor welt

STRONG

boil bulge bunion carbuncle corn dilation distention enlargement hump increase knob node pimple pock protuberance puff puffiness ridge tumescence wale wart weal

WEAK

knurl

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease depression

NOUN

ulcer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess lesion sore

STRONG

boil canker fester ulceration

NOUN

ulcer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abscess lesion

STRONG

boil canker carbuncle

WEAK

peptic ulcer

NOUN

zit

Synonyms

STRONG

abscess acne blackhead blemish bump carbuncle excrescence goober papule whitehead

WEAK

goophead papula

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Pustule, fourteen days after infection, showing black eschar in process of separation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Malignant Pustule third day after infection 122 29.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Malignant Pustule fourteen days after infection 122 30.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

pustule

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