pustule

• pus jewel (eggcorn)

From Middle English pustule, from Old French pustule, from Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌstjuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃəl/

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pustule (plural pustules)

1. (dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
2. A pimple filled with pus.
   • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:

     Pigmy pagodas sprouted like pustules.

3. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

• pustular
• pustulated

• pus

•   Cutaneous condition (Pustule) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• abscess
• boil
• pimple

• pluteus

Inherited from Old French pustule.

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pustule f (plural pustules)

1. pustule

• “pustule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

pustule f

1. plural of pustula

Borrowed from Latin pustula.

pustule oblique singular, f (oblique plural pustules, nominative singular pustule, nominative plural pustules)

1. pustule

• English: pustule
• French: pustule

pustule

1. plural of pustulă