Bleb

//blɛb// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
  2. 2
    (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid wordnet
  3. 3
    A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.

    "2008, Lin Her-Shyuan Lin, Adam C, Reynolds, 180: Filtering Blebs and Associated Problems, Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder (editors), Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy, 6th Edition, page 340, Inflammation and scarring is a shared mechanism for chemical irritants, cryotherapy, laser thermotherapy, and autologous blood injection in the treatment of bleb dysesthesia, overfiltering blebs, and bleb leaks."

  4. 4
    An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.

    "Figure 4.20 reveals blebs on the surface of a bacterial cell. In many instances, these blebs are released from the cell into the surrounding media."

  5. 5
    A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.

    "1974, George E. Stoertz, George E. Ericksen, Geology of Salars in Northern Chile, Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, page 32, Figure 23. […] The crust is underlain by silty sand, which is loosely cemented by a meshwork of gypsum crystals and contains blebs and small nodules of white ulexite (U)."

Verb
  1. 1
    To form, or cause the formation of, blebs.

    "And there, while big drops bow the grassy stems, / And bleb the withering hay with pearly gems,/ Dimple the brook, and patter in the leaves, / The song or tale ah hour's restraint relieves."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to blob and blubber.

Etymology 2

Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to blob and blubber.

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