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Definition of Blister

1. Verb. Get blistered. "Did his feet blister?"; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

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

3. Verb. Subject to harsh criticism. "Your invectives scorched the community"

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

5. Verb. Cause blisters to form on. "The tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

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

Definition of Blister

1. n. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

2. v. i. To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

3. v. t. To raise a blister or blisters upon.

Definition of Blister

1. Noun. A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection. ¹

2. Noun. A swelling on a plant. ¹

3. Noun. (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine. ¹

4. Noun. A bubble, as on a painted surface. ¹

5. Noun. (context: roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate. ¹

6. Noun. ¹

7. Verb. To cause blisters to form. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To criticise severely. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To break out in blisters. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blister

1. to cause blisters (skin swellings) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Blister

1. 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. "And painful blisters swelled my tender hands." (Grainger) 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. 3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, especially. The Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. Blister fly, a blister beetle. Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; usually made of Spanish flies. Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. Blood blister. See Blood. Origin: OE.; akin to OD. Bluyster, fr. The same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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