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Blister
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- 1 A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection. countable, uncountable
"Inspect them for rub marks and blisters; tape or bandage rub marks; clean the skin around a blister, use a sterilised needle to puncture it at its outer edge and press out the fluid, then bandage."
- 2 (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid wordnet
- 3 A swelling on a plant. countable, uncountable
- 4 (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin wordnet
- 5 Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine. countable, uncountable
"'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well […]"
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- 6 a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) wordnet
- 7 A bubble, as on a painted surface. countable, uncountable
- 8 An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate. countable, uncountable
- 9 A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities. countable, uncountable
"blister card"
- 10 A cause of annoyance. countable, uncountable
"I couldn't help thinking how dashed happy I could have contrived to be in this place if only Aunt Agatha and the other blisters had been elsewhere."
- 11 A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface. uncountable
- 1 To raise blisters on. transitive
"a chemical agent that blisters the skin"
- 2 get blistered wordnet
- 3 To sear after blaching. transitive
- 4 cause blisters to form on wordnet
- 5 To have a blister form. intransitive
"A poorly formulated mortar mixture will result in plaster that blisters and cracks."
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- 6 subject to harsh criticism wordnet
- 7 To criticise severely. transitive
- 8 To break out in blisters. intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
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