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Definition blister

Etymology

From Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).

Noun

blister (plural blisters)

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. (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
5. (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.
6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.

Verb

blister (third-person singular simple present blisters, present participle blistering, simple past and past participle blistered)

1. (transitive) To raise blisters on.
2. (intransitive) To have a blister form.
3. (transitive) To criticise severely.
4. (intransitive) To break out in blisters.

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