Definitions for pustule

pustule pus·tule

Spelling: [puhs-choo l]
IPA: /ˈpʌs tʃʊl/

Pustule is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in pustule (elpstuu).

Definitions for pustule

noun

  1. Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
  2. any pimplelike or blisterlike swelling or elevation.

Origin of pustule

1350-1400; Middle English Latin pūstula, pūsula a pimple, blister; akin to Greek phȳsaléos inflated

Examples for pustule

If every pustule has not been touched, those left may continue to itch, in which case, a second application is necessary.

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

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

The hair on the pustule stands erect, and is often shed with the scab which results.

The disease pursues a regular course of papule, pustule, and sore; and is said never to recur.

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

In a few days a vesicle would appear at the seat of the inoculation, which later on developed into a pustule and eruption.

There was some variation in the appearance of the pustule on the arm.

Miss H. has small pustules and great inflammation of her arms, with but one pustule likely to suppurate.

In the venereal disease the local trouble commences as a papule and breaks into an ulcer without having formed a pustule.

Word Value for pustule
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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