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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
| Synonyms: | boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blister |
| Synonyms: | abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | pimple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small swelling on the skin |
| Synonyms: | abscess, acne, beauty spot, blackhead, blemish, blister, boil, bump, carbuncle, caruncle, excrescence, furuncle, hickey, inflammation, lump, papula, papule, pustule, spot, whitehead, zit |
| Main Entry: | swelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical growth; lump |
| Synonyms: | abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflammatory condition |
| Synonyms: | abscess, boil, canker, fester, lesion, pustule, sore, ulceration |
| Main Entry: | zit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pimple |
| Synonyms: | abscess, acne, blackhead, blemish, bump, carbuncle, excrescence, goober, goophead, papula, papule, pustule, whitehead |
| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an internal or external sore |
| Synonyms: | abscess, boil, canker, carbuncle, lesion, peptic ulcer, pustule |
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