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pustule

Pronunciation:  'pustyool

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Matching Terms:  pustulant, pustular, pustulate, pustulate hair, pustulation, pustulous

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus
 
 See Also: hickey, pimple, pock

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pus"tule\ (?; 135), n. [L. pustula, and pusula: cf. F.
pustule.] (Med.)
A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed
base, containing pus.

{Malignant pustule}. See under {Malignant}.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This is an elevated lesion on the skin that contains pus.
 

 

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