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pustule

noun as in abscess

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noun as in boil

noun as in pock

noun as in pus

noun as in ulcer

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noun as in ulcer

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noun as in zit

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Example Sentences

The pustule on the fore finger shews the disease in an earlier stage.

Little white specks appear upon the wool, and are soon followed by a small pustule at the root.

As well might you account for the smallpox by saying that the first pustule was the cause of the disease.

Pustule, pus′tūl, n. a small pimple containing pus: anything like a pustule, on plants or animals: a small blister.

It attacked the horse and cow as well as the sheep, and human beings died of it when they developed malignant pustule.

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On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pustule, such as: ulcer, boil, and carbuncle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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