Pustule

/ˈpʌstjuːl/

Synonyms for "pustule" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

abscess apostemebed sorebirthmark blackhead blain bleb blemish blister boil bubo bulla bump bunion cankercanker sorecarbuncle chancre chancroid check

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chilblain cicatrixcold sorecomedo

Noun(2 words)

acne pustuleblister

Strong matches (39)

corn crack crater craze cyst defacement defect deformation deformity dilatation dilation disfiguration disfigurement distension distortion edema eschar fault felon fester

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festeringfever blisterfistula flaw freckle furuncle furunculus gathering gumboil hemangioma hemorrhoids hickey intumescence keloid kibe kink lentigo lesion

Noun(1 words)

inflammatory bump

Related words (64)

lump milium moleneedle scarnevus papula papule paronychia parulis petechia pile piles pimple pit pock pockmark polypport-wine markport-wine stainrift

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rising scab scar scratchsebaceous cystsoft chancresore split stigmastrawberry marksty suppuration swell swelling swollenness track tubercle tumefaction tumescence tumidity tumor turgescence turgescency turgidity twist ulcer ulceration verruca vesicle wale warp wart weal welt wen wheal whelk whitehead whitlow wound

Noun(4 words)

pimple pimplesspore pustulezits

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

bleb blister bulla hickey lesion pimpleplant lesionskin lesionzit

More specific

4 entries

acne pustulefollicular pustulepowdery pustulerust pustule

Collocations

6 entries

acne pustulefollicular pustulepustular lesionpustule formationpustule ruptureskin pustule

Inflections

1 entries

pustules

Derivations

5 entries

pustular pustulate pustulation pustulent pustulosis

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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A bright red pustule began forming on Haziq's nose during dinner.

Source: tatoeba (10890948)

About the eighth day, the pustule is fully formed, when symptoms of small-pox are usually felt,—headache, shivering, loss of appetite, etc.

Source: tatoeba (11710836)

Pigmy pagodas sprouted like pustules.

Source: wiktionary

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