Definition of blister

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Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..

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Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass..
Topic :: Topic (n.) An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc..
Blistery :: Blistery (a.) Full of blisters.
Blister :: Blister (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
Vesicate :: Vesicate (v. t.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister.
Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister..
Epispastic :: Epispastic (a.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
Pustulate :: Pustulate (v. t.) To form into pustules, or blisters..
Blistering :: Blistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bliste.
Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..
Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..
Vesication :: Vesication (n.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid..
Bleb :: Bleb (n.) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc..
Manchineel :: Manchineel (n.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple..
Bullate :: Bullate (a.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.
Blister :: Blister (v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon.
Vesicatory :: Vesicatory (a.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc..
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