pustule
Example Sentences
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Each pustule contains live virus, and a ruptured blister can contaminate bed linens and other items, putting close contacts at risk.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022
Then, once the patient developed a cowpox lesion—a pustule that took about a week to form— the physician would scrape pus from the first patient’s lesion into another patient’s incision.
From Slate • Sep. 2, 2020
BCG often causes a pustule at the injection site that may persist for months, usually resulting in a scar.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 23, 2020
Scabies broke out among the inmates, and a golf-ball-size pustule grew on Hossein’s nose.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018
The Clabbert’s most distinctive feature is the large pustule in the middle of its forehead, which turns scarlet and flashes when it senses danger.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
