pustule
Example Sentences
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It involved deliberately infecting someone with the disease by pricking someone else’s smallpox pustule, removing some pus, and placing that pus inside an incision on the recipient’s arm or thigh.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2023
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
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
Hence he was born to perform “Haircut,” a cinder-black vignette of small-town life told by a deceptively cheerful barber who is in truth a walking pustule of malice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 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.
