PUSTULE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

hickey; pimple; zit (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)

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

pock (a pustule in an eruptive disease)

Derivation:

pustulate ((of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin)