Blister

Definitions

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
2. A swelling on a plant.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
   countable, uncountable
4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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
6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
   countable, uncountable
7. A cause of annoyance.
   countable, uncountable
8. A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
   uncountable

Equivalents

50 more languages

العربيةالبثرةبَطْبَاطَةمجلنَفْطَة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliqabarcıq

Българскимехур

བོད་སྐད།ཆུ་ལྒང

Bosanskiampulababamehurmjehuržuljжуљмехурмјехур+ 5 more

Catalàbutllofa

Češtinapuchýř

Cymraegchwysigenpothell

Danskblærevabelvable

Ελληνικάπομφόλυγαπομφόλυξπομφόςφούσκαφουσκάλαφυσαλίδα+ 3 more

Esperantoblazo

Eestirakkvill

Euskarababa

فارسیتاول

Suomihaukkuakuprulytätäpullistumarakkorakkoillarakkulavesirakkula+ 5 more

Gaeilgeclogspuaic

Gàidhligbalgbòcadh

Galegoampolabochabotaboubabugalloburbullaenvexigaresbocharvexigavinchavinchoca+ 8 more

עבריתאבעבועהשלפוחית

हिन्दीआबलाछालापपड़ीफफोला+ 1 more

Hrvatskiampulababamehurmjehuržuljжуљмехурмјехур+ 5 more

Magyarhólyagvízhólyag

Հայերենբշտիկ

Bahasa Indonesialecur

Íslenskablaðra

Italianoblisterbollavescica

日本語ひぶくれまめみずぶくれ水疱水膨れ火脹れ肉刺膨れ+ 5 more

ქართულიბებერა

ភាសាខ្មែរដំណួច

한국어못물집

Latinapustula

LëtzebuergeschBloder

Македонскимеурпликплускавец

Монголцэврүү

Nederlandsblaarblaasjeblaren trekkenbleinblister+ 2 more

PolskiBabelburchelpęcherzpęcherzyk+ 1 more

Portuguêsbolha

Românăbășică

Русскийволдырьмозольнары́впузырь+ 1 more

Slovenčinapľuzgier

Slovenščinažulj

Shqipflluskëmbledhur

Српскиampulababamehurmjehuržuljжуљмехурмјехур+ 5 more

Svenskablåsa

தமிழ்கொப்புளம்

ไทยตุ่มผด

Tagaloglibtoklibtospaltos

Türkçekabarcık

Українськаміхурпухир

Tiếng Việtphồng

Examples

“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.”

“'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 […]”

“blister card”

“blister pack⟳”

“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.”

“I will say⟳, however, that we fanned her well — her and her old blister of a mother and a bewhiskered old goat named Boris.”

“'We mustn't laugh⟳ about it, my boy. It's no joking matter⟳. It's very wrong to shoot⟳ Mr Baxter.' 'But he's a blister.' 'He is a blister,' agreed Lord Emsworth, always fairminded. 'Nevertheless. . . . Remember⟳, he is your tutor.'”

“Willie suddenly realized the heat really wasn't off the criminal persons, and he sprang into action. The blonde blister also recovered surprisingly fast and threw the big wordy tome at the Klump coco .”

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