blister
- 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.
- Noun. A swelling on a plant.
- Noun. (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- Noun. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- 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.
- Noun. (rfdef, topic packaging) .
- Verb. To cause blisters to form.
- Verb. (transitive) To criticise severely.
- Verb. (intransitive) To break out in blisters.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.