What does the word blister mean?
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1. A collection of fluid in the skin beneath the epidermis which is raised to form the upper wall of the sac, the base of the blister being formed by the corium. 2. An agent the application of which to the skin will cause the formation of a blister.
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Any substance which, when applied to the skin, irritates it, and occasions a serous secretion, raising the epidermis, and inducing a vesicle. Various articles produce this effect, as cantharides, mustard, garou, euphorbium, garlic, ammonia, &c. Blisters are used as counter-irritants. By exciting a disease artificially on the surface, we can often remove another which may be at the time existing internally. A perpetual blister is one that is kept open for a longer or a shorter time by means of appropriate dressings.
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A bleb or bulla; called Water-B. or Blood-B. according as its contents are serous or bloody.
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Usage examples for blister
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I had the child undressed, and placed in the empty tub, after removing the blister and mustard; then I poured the water slowly over her head, shoulders and the rest of the body. – Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms by Charles Munde
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The blister, if larger than a half dollar, should be opened near the edge with a needle which has been passed through a flame. – The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler
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Madly the boy worked, his breath coming in gasps, his lungs aching from the smoke, so that it became agony even to breathe, the ground hot beneath his feet, and his feet beginning to blister, as his hands had done an hour before, but there was no let- up. – The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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