blister
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blister
- /ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈblɪstɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
noun blisters
- 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. 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.
- A swelling on a plant.
- Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine. '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 […]
- A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- 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.
- A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities. blister card
- A cause of annoyance. 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.
- A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
verb blisters · blistering · blistered
- To raise blisters on. a chemical agent that blisters the skin
- To sear after blaching.
- To have a blister form. A poorly formulated mortar mixture will result in plaster that blisters and cracks.
- To criticise severely.
- To break out in blisters.
Similar: vesicate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bulla, bleb, whip, vesicular, subepidermal, platelet, ampoule, vesicle, vial, bulb, crude, gross, separatory, raw, vesication, bullation
verb
Similar: vesicate
Translations
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noun bubble on the skin
| Español | ampolla, ámpula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 물집 muljip |
| 日本語 | まめ mame, 水膨れ mizubukure, 火脹れ hibukure, 水疱 suihō |
| 中文 | 水疱 shuǐpào, 皰 /疱 pào |
| हिन्दी | छाला chālā, फफोला phapholā |
| Português | bolha |
| Français | ampoule, cloque, boursouflure, phlyctène |
| Deutsch | Blase |
| Italiano | vescica, bolla |
| Ελληνικά | φουσκάλα fouskála |
| Română | bășică |
| Русский | волды́рь voldýrʹ, нары́в narýv, мозо́ль mozólʹ |
| العربية | بَطْبَاطَة baṭbāṭa, نَفْطَة nafṭa |
| עברית | שַׁלְפּוּחִית shalpuẖít |
noun bubble on a painted surface
| 日本語 | 膨れ fukure |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 氣泡 /气泡 qìpào |
| हिन्दी | पपड़ी papṛī |
| Português | bolha |
| Français | cloque |
| Deutsch | Blase |
| Italiano | bolla |
| Ελληνικά | φουσκάλα fouskála |
| Русский | пузы́рь puzýrʹ |
verb criticise severely
| Français | critiquer, blâmer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | kritisieren |
verb cause blisters to form
| Español | ampollar |
|---|---|
| Français | cloquer, se couvrir d'ampoules |
verb break out in blisters
| Deutsch | Blasen werfen |
|---|
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title = {blister},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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