A bright red pustule began forming on Haziq's nose during dinner.
Source: tatoeba (10890948)
Pustule
//ˈpʌstjuːl//
Synonyms for "pustule" (122 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (61)
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7 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- гно́йна пъ́пка noun (a pimple filled with pus)
- пустула noun (a pimple filled with pus)
- пъ́пка noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 疱 noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Czech
3 entries- neštovička noun (a pimple filled with pus)
- pustula noun (a pimple filled with pus)
- vřídek noun (a pimple filled with pus)
Dutch
2 entries- etterblaasje noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- puist noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Finnish
3 entries- märkärakkula noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- pusteli noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- pustula noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
German
1 entries- Pustel noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Irish
2 entries- goirín noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- puchóid noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Italian
1 entries- pustola noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- خراج noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- قبارجق noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- چبان noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Portuguese
1 entries- pústula noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Romanian
2 entries- pustulă noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- pustulă noun (a pimple filled with pus)
Spanish
2 entries- pústula noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
- pústula noun (a pimple filled with pus)
Tagalog
1 entries- burog noun (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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