Dictionary

pustule en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpʌst͡ʃuːl/
• /ˈpʌstjuːl/
• /ˈpʌst͡ʃəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
2. A pimple filled with pus.
   • Pigmy pagodas sprouted like pustules. 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:
3. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

Forms

Deriveds

pustulosis · micropustule · pustuliform · pustular · pustulelike · pustulose · pustuled · pustulous · pustulent · acropustulosis · papulopustule · pustulocrustaceous · pustulated

Relateds

abscess · pus · pimple · boil

Translations (25)

ota خراج (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · fi pusteli (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · nl puist (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · cmn 疱 (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · es pústula (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · cs vřídek (a pimple filled with pus) · it pustola (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · cs pustula (a pimple filled with pus) · bg пустула (a pimple filled with pus) · bg гно́йна пъ́пка (a pimple filled with pus) · cs neštovička (a pimple filled with pus) · ota چبان (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · ga puchóid (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · fi märkärakkula (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · pt pústula (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · bg пъ́пка (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · ro pustulă (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · es pústula (a pimple filled with pus) · fi pustula (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · tl burog (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · ga goirín (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · ro pustulă (a pimple filled with pus) · ota قبارجق (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · de Pustel (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) · nl etterblaasje (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis)