blister en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈblɪstɚ/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1967, Donald Howard Grainger, Don't Die in the Bundu:
- (countable, uncountable) A swelling on a plant.
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(countable, uncountable) 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 […]
1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
- (countable, uncountable) A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, uncountable) A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
blister pack
blister card
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(countable, uncountable) A cause of annoyance.
'We mustn't laugh about it, my boy. It's no joking matter. It's very wrong to shoot Mr Baxter.' 'But he's a blister.' 'He is a blister,' agreed Lord Emsworth, always fairminded. 'Nevertheless. . . . Remember, he is your tutor.'
2013, P.G. Wodehouse, Blandings: TV Tie-In, page 126:I will say, however, that we fanned her well — her and her old blister of a mother and a bewhiskered old goat named Boris.
1933, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, volume 91, page 14: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.
1923, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves, page 39:Willie suddenly realized the heat really wasn't off the criminal persons, and he sprang into action. The blonde blister also recovered surprisingly fast and threw the big wordy tome at the Klump coco .
2017, Joe Archibald, The Willie Klump MEGAPACK®, page 302:
- (uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blisters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
striped blister beetle · water blister · blisterlike · blister cell · blister fly · blood blister · blister pack · blister steel · blister paving · blister machine · blister lichen · shadow blister effect · microblister · blisterfoil · blistery · blister beetle · blister agent · fever blister · beblister · antiblister · blister plaster · skin and blister · blister blight · orange blister beetle
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (168)
ka ბებერა (bubble on the skin) · be пухі́р (bubble on the skin) · tl paltos (bubble on the skin) · yue 水疱 (bubble on the skin) · ko 물집 (bubble on the skin) · fi rakko (bubble on the skin) · eu baba (bubble on the skin) · bg пришка (bubble on the skin) · grc πομφός (bubble on the skin) · ab акака́ҷ (bubble on a painted surface) · sh ме̏хӯр (bubble on the skin) · esu qerraneq (bubble on the skin) · is blaðra (bubble on the skin) · as ফোঁহা (bubble on the skin) · sq flluskë (bubble on a painted surface) · fo bløðra (bubble on the skin) · ar نَفْطَة (bubble on the skin) · bo ཆུ་ལྒང (bubble on the skin) · is vessabóla (bubble on the skin) · fr cloque (bubble on a painted surface) · ru волды́рь (bubble on the skin) · az qabarcıq (bubble on the skin) · gd balg (bubble on the skin) · izh vesivilli (bubble on the skin) · hi फफोला (bubble on the skin) · gv mamm (bubble on the skin) · zza bılık (bubble on the skin) · ady псыбыб (bubble on the skin) · hy բշտիկ (bubble on the skin) · ab ақәа́қәа (bubble on a painted surface) · pl bąbel (bubble on the skin) · it bolla (bubble on a painted surface) · fo blæma (bubble on the skin) · bej líwa (bubble on the skin) · nl blaar (bubble on the skin) · gl ampola (bubble on the skin) · el φουσκάλα (bubble on the skin) · nl blister (bubble on the skin) · de Blase (bubble on the skin) · txb weru (bubble on the skin) · ja 水膨れ (bubble on the skin) · ja 膨れ (bubble on a painted surface) · lt pūslė (bubble on the skin) · esu erraneq (bubble on the skin) · sv blåsa (bubble on the skin) · da vabel (bubble on the skin) · kk күлбіреу (bubble on the skin) · ga clog (bubble on the skin) · apw daʼiłtáné (bubble on the skin) · is vatnsbóla (bubble on the skin) · ur چھالا (bubble on the skin) · kk күлдіреу (bubble on the skin) · de Blase (bubble on a painted surface) · hu hólyag (bubble on the skin) · zlw-ocs pryskýř (bubble on the skin) · hu kipattogzás (bubble on a painted surface) · fr boursouflure (bubble on the skin) · pt bolha (bubble on the skin) · hu felhólyagzás (bubble on a painted surface) · nl blaasje (bubble on the skin) · eo blazo (bubble on the skin) · ast angüeña (bubble on the skin) · oc bofiga (bubble on the skin) · mk плик (bubble on the skin) · sh žȗlj (bubble on the skin) · cy pothell (bubble on the skin) · lb Bloder (bubble on the skin) · vo buläd (bubble on the skin) · nn vassblemme (bubble on the skin) · hil lap-ok (bubble on the skin) · grc φλυκτίς (bubble on the skin) · gl bugallo (swelling on a plant) · mi pūputa (bubble on the skin) · nb vannblemme (bubble on the skin) · sh жу̑љ (bubble on the skin) · tl libtok (bubble on the skin) · cmn 皰 /疱 (bubble on the skin) · cmn 水疱 (bubble on the skin) · gl bagura (bubble on a painted surface) · yue 水泡 (bubble on the skin) · fi rakkula (bubble on the skin) · ota قبارجق (bubble on the skin) · cmn 氣泡 /气泡 (bubble on a painted surface) · ja 火脹れ (bubble on the skin) · es ampolla (bubble on the skin) · cy chwysigen (bubble on the skin) · ru пузы́рь (bubble on a painted surface) · ro bășică (bubble on the skin) · hu vízhólyag (bubble on the skin) · es ámpula (bubble on the skin) · fr phlyctène (bubble on the skin) · fr cloque (bubble on the skin) · gl vincha (bubble on a painted surface) · ca butllofa (bubble on the skin) · da blære (bubble on the skin) · ga clog (bubble on a painted surface) · hu felhólyagosodás (bubble on a painted surface) · fi pullistuma (swelling on a plant) · el φουσκάλα (bubble on a painted surface) · taa tunedza' (bubble on the skin) · th พุพอง (bubble on the skin) · th ผด (bubble on the skin) · pl pęcherzyk (bubble on the skin) · da vable (bubble on the skin) · gl burnexa (bubble on a painted surface) · hi पपड़ी (bubble on a painted surface) · bg мехур (bubble on the skin) · th ตุ่ม (bubble on the skin) · mi kōpūpū (bubble on the skin) · mi hoipū (bubble on the skin) · mk плу́скавец (bubble on the skin) · sh пли̑к (bubble on the skin) · gl bocha (bubble on the skin) · ru нары́в (bubble on the skin) · tr kabarcık (bubble on the skin) · la pustula (bubble on the skin) · km ដំណួច (bubble on the skin) · scn foddira (bubble on the skin) · pt bolha (bubble on a painted surface) · tl libtos (bubble on the skin) · nl blein (bubble on the skin) · mn цэврүү (bubble on the skin) · fa تاول (bubble on the skin) · et rakk (bubble on the skin) · ab аӡа́ӷьа (bubble on the skin) · ckb بِلۆق (bubble on the skin) · gv bolgan (bubble on a painted surface) · sq mbledhur (bubble on the skin) · ga spuaic (bubble on the skin) · fr ampoule (bubble on the skin) · sk pľuzgier (bubble on the skin) · mh bok (bubble on the skin) · kk қолдырау (bubble on the skin) · it bolla (bubble on the skin) · gl vexiga (bubble on the skin) · cs puchýř (bubble on the skin) · sh mȅhūr (bubble on the skin) · scn mpudda (bubble on the skin) · zu ivusela (bubble on the skin) · et vill (bubble on the skin) · tt кабарчык (bubble on the skin) · he שַׁלְפּוּחִית (bubble on the skin) · it vescica (bubble on the skin) · izh vesirakko (bubble on the skin) · pl pęcherz (bubble on the skin) · gl borbulla (bubble on a painted surface) · gcr anpoul (bubble on the skin) · ja まめ (bubble on the skin) · sl žulj (bubble on the skin) · sdh تووقاڵە (bubble on the skin) · sh plȋk (bubble on the skin) · ab ашәра́ (bubble on the skin) · fi kupru (bubble on a painted surface) · hi छाला (bubble on the skin) · grc φλύκταινα (bubble on the skin) · hu felpattogzás (bubble on a painted surface) · ar بَطْبَاطَة (bubble on the skin) · fi rakko (bubble on a painted surface) · mk ме́ур (bubble on the skin) · pdt Blos (bubble on the skin) · ja 水疱 (bubble on the skin) · nv tóʼiiłtą́ (bubble on the skin) · ab ашәы́ра (bubble on the skin) · uk пухи́р (bubble on the skin) · rif tařeffixt (bubble on the skin) · nrf boursoufliuthe (bubble on the skin) · ru мозо́ль (bubble on the skin) · ta கொப்புளம் (bubble on the skin)