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pustules

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pustules.

Editorial note

When pustules appeared on their arms, doctors scraped material from them to jab two more children on board.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A pimple filled with pus.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pustules gathered in one view.

noun

A pimple filled with pus.

noun

Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

noun

(dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pustules.

noun

A pimple filled with pus.

noun

Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

noun

(dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.

Example sentences

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When pustules appeared on their arms, doctors scraped material from them to jab two more children on board.

2

It's kind of delightful watching NYC and SF in the gif inflate like gigantic pustules, cysts of real estate.

3

Wasn't the origin of the small pox vaccine that people would rub the pustules from one person onto themselves?

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For best effect, include both 'aux.\/aux.c' and 'aux.\/AUX.c', to also lance several other pustules of brain damage.

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Vaccine => Vaca => Cow The OG Vaccine was rubbing pus from cowpox pustules into a scratch on your body.

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Festering, bulbous pustules are what they are, and don't magically transform by force of numbers.

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Technophobia isn’t a soothing ointment, it’s pushing some guy you don’t like off a cliff and hoping your pustules magically disappear.

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My dermatologist in High school would pop my pustules while quoting his Philosophy.

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Or maybe to abuse another analogy—everyone I know who got over chicken pox stopped getting those pustules.

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The patient would develop pustules identical to those caused by naturally occurring smallpox, usually producing a less severe disease than naturally acquired smallpox.

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Is this why I sometimes get little tiny pustules on my gums after eating certain foods?

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Are you sure the tiny hard pustules aren't just keratosis pilaris[0]?

Quote examples

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How about “These milkmaids didn’t die of smallpox after contact with the udder pustules of this sick cow”?

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Variolation "The procedure was most commonly carried out by inserting/rubbing powdered smallpox scabs or fluid from pustules into superficial scratches made in the skin.

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That doesn’t make “stop getting pustules” actionable advice!

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It's a parasite that "prefers attaching to the rectum" (of fish), and females grow into "huge, warty pustules." The pictures are horrific, lol.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pustules in a sentence?

When pustules appeared on their arms, doctors scraped material from them to jab two more children on board.

What does pustules mean?

A pimple filled with pus.

What part of speech is pustules?

pustules is commonly used as noun.