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pustules

/puhs-chool/US // ˈpʌs tʃʊl //UK // (ˈpʌstjuːl) //

脓疱,脓包,脓疱症,脓疱疮

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
    • : any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation.

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Examples

  • Bacterial DNA also suggest that the ancient plague victim didn’t develop pustules or infect his family.

  • The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.

  • Little white specks appear upon the wool, and are soon followed by a small pustule at the root.

  • As well might you account for the smallpox by saying that the first pustule was the cause of the disease.

  • Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.

  • It attacked the horse and cow as well as the sheep, and human beings died of it when they developed malignant pustule.

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