"pustule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʌstjuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pustule.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pustules [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pustule, from Old French pustule, from Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pustule}} Middle English pustule, {{der|en|fro|pustule}} Old French pustule, {{der|en|la|pustula||inflamed sore, blister}} Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pustule (plural pustules)
  1. (dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis. Categories (topical): Dermatology Translations (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis): пъпка (pǎpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (pào) (Chinese Mandarin), puist [masculine] (Dutch), etterblaasje [neuter] (Dutch), märkärakkula (Finnish), pustula (Finnish), pusteli (Finnish), Pustel [feminine] (German), puchóid [feminine] (Irish), goirín [masculine] (Irish), pustola [feminine] (Italian), قبارجق (kabarcık) (Ottoman Turkish), pústula [feminine] (Portuguese), pustulă [feminine] (Romanian), pústula [feminine] (Spanish), burog (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-pustule-en-noun-hb1QEEJI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34 Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis': 86 10 3
  2. A pimple filled with pus. Translations (a pimple filled with pus): pustula [feminine] (Czech), vřídek [masculine] (Czech), neštovička [feminine] (Czech), pustulă [feminine] (Romanian), pústula [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pustule-en-noun-40uT7jkB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of 'a pimple filled with pus': 10 88 2
  3. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.
    Sense id: en-pustule-en-noun-LfSrxHvQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pustular, pustulated Related terms: pus, abscess, boil, pimple

Inflected forms

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