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blister noun [ ˈblɪstə ]

• a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.
• "his heels were covered in blisters"
Similar: bleb, bulla, pustule, vesicle, vesication, blain,
• an annoying person.
• "the child is a disgusting little blister"

blister verb

• form blisters on the skin or other surface.
• "the surface of the door began to blister"
Origin: Middle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.


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