pustule
English
noun
Definitions
- (dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- A pimple filled with pus.
- Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French pustule derived from Latin pustula (bladder, inflamed sore, bubble, blister, pimp).
Origin
Latin
pustula
Gloss
bladder, inflamed sore, bubble, blister, pimp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acropustulosis English
- crustaceous English
- micropustular English
- micropustule English
- papule English
- papulopustular English
- papulopustule English
- pustular English
- pustuled English
- pustulent English
- pustuliform English
- pustulocrustaceous English
- pustulosis English
- pustulous English
- vesiculopustular English
- *pustella Latin
- botulus Latin
- pustula Latin
- pustulatus Latin
- pustola Italian
- pustule French
- pústula Spanish, Castilian
- pústula Portuguese
- pustule Old French
- bocha Galician
- pușchea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan