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blister

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Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A swelling on a plant.
  3. Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
  4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
  5. 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.
  6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
  7. A cause of annoyance.
  8. A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

Verb

  1. To raise blisters on.
  2. To sear after blaching.
  3. To have a blister form.
  4. To criticise severely.
  5. To break out in blisters.

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