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blister/ˈblɪstə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and typically caused by friction or burning.
  • 2 a similar swelling, filled with air or fluid, on a surface.
  • 3 Medicine, chiefly historical a preparation applied to the skin to form a blister.
  • 4 Brit. informal, dated an annoying person.
verb be or cause to be affected with blisters.
– origin ME: perh. from OFr. blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.



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