pustule

English

Alternative forms

• pus jewel (eggcorn)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• pustular
• pustulated

Related terms

• pus

Translations

a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis

Bulgarian: пъ́пка (bg) f (pǎ́pka) Chinese: Mandarin: 疱 (zh) (pào) Dutch: puist (nl) m, etterblaasje n Finnish: märkärakkula, pustula, pusteli German: Pustel (de) f Irish: puchóid (ga) f, goirín m Italian: pustola (it) f Ottoman Turkish: چبان (çıban), خراج (hurac), قبارجق (kabarcık) Portuguese: pústula (pt) f Romanian: pustulă (ro) f Spanish: pústula (es) f Tagalog: burog

a pimple filled with pus

Czech: pustula f, vřídek m, neštovička f Romanian: pustulă (ro) f Spanish: pústula (es) f

See also

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

Anagrams

• pluteus

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pustule.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pustule f (plural pustules)

1. pustule

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

pustule f

1. plural of pustula

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pustula.

Noun

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

1. pustule

Descendants

• English: pustule
• French: pustule

Romanian

Noun

pustule

1. plural of pustulă