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BLISTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

Synonyms:

bleb; blister; bulla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):

cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blister"):

water blister (blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content)

blood blister (blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury)

pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)

Derivation:

blister (get blistered)

blistery (covered with small blisters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("blister" is a kind of...):

defect; fault; flaw (an imperfection in an object or machine)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get blistered

Example:

Her feet blistered during the long hike

Synonyms:

blister; vesicate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):

intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)

Verb group:

blister (cause blisters to form on)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

Did his feet blister?

Derivation:

blister ((pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause blisters to form on

Example:

the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

blister; vesicate (get blistered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Subject to harsh criticism

Example:

your invectives scorched the community

Synonyms:

blister; scald; whip

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "blister" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

It is transmitted via respiratory secretions and contact with chickenpox blister contents.

(Chicken Pox Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin hypersensitivity reaction characterized by raised purpuric lesions, red macules, hemorrhagic blisters and ulcerations.

(Drug Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of conditions in which the skin becomes inflamed, forms blisters, and becomes crusty, thick, and scaly.

(Eczema, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by the presence of painful blisters and erosions in the skin and mucous membranes.

(Pemphigus Vulgaris, NCI Thesaurus)

It leads to deep blisters that do not break easily.

(Pemphigus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Phototoxicity causes sunburn, blisters, and other skin problems.

(Phototoxicity, NCI Dictionary)

The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then come the sudden swirl round of the wind, the blistering gale from the south-west, the dragging anchor, the lee shore, and the last battle in the creaming breakers.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A receptacle for holding something (e.g., that into which some oral contraceptive blister packs are placed).

(Packaging Case, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by skin fragility and the formation of blisters.

(Epidermolysis bullosa, NCI Thesaurus)