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BLISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blister mean?
• BLISTER (noun)
The noun BLISTER has 3 senses:
1. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
2. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
3. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Familiarity information: BLISTER used as a noun is uncommon.
• BLISTER (verb)
The verb BLISTER has 3 senses:
Familiarity information: BLISTER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):
defect; fault; flaw (an imperfection in an object or machine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):
cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blister"):
water blister (blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content)
blood blister (blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury)
pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)
Derivation:
blister (get blistered)
blistery (covered with small blisters)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: blistered
Past participle: blistered
-ing form: blistering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get blistered
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blister; vesicate
Context example:
Her feet blistered during the long hike
Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):
intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)
Verb group:
blister (cause blisters to form on)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
Did his feet blister?
Derivation:
blister ((pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Subject to harsh criticism
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
Context example:
your invectives scorched the community
Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause blisters to form on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet
Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
blister; vesicate (get blistered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
Also called: Fever Blister, Oral Herpes, Fever blister, Oral herpes
(Cold Sores, NIH)
Signs include red rash, itching, and blister formation.
(Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
You may not feel a cut, a blister or a sore.
(Diabetic Foot, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Signs and symptoms include pain, edema, blisters, and ulcers.
(Dracunculiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhalation exposure to its vapors is highly irritating to the eyes and lungs and may cause damage to the liver, kidney, heart and central nervous system, while dermal contact causes severe blistering.
(Dimethyl Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare condition characterized by skin inflammation, blister formation, swelling and ulcerations in the extremities.
(Chilblains, NCI Thesaurus)
The rash turns into fluid-filled blisters and eventually into scabs.
(Chickenpox, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
She has a blister on one of her heels, as large as a three-shilling piece.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A blister or a bump appears on the skin following the scratch or bite.
(Cat-Scratch Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
The skin may blister and scab over.
(Cellulitis, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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