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    BULLA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: bullae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The round leaden seal affixed to a papal bullplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

    seal; stamp (a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    bleb; blister; bulla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("bulla" 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 "bulla"):

    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)

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