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blister

blister

52 2.4
A raised bump filled with fluid on the skin or a surface
  • noun
  • /ˈblɪstər/
translation icon : ampolla
  • After hiking for hours, I noticed a painful blister forming on my heel.
  • blisters on the skin
  • friction blisters
  • fluid-filled blisters

He would never have worse blisters than he did on that trip.

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Examples

  • You will get hurt or have a blister on your foot within four kilometers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Eventually I will learn that if you don't wear socks and then walk around all day, you will get blisters occasionally.

  • But I had the worst blisters of my life.

  • I have a blister bigger than the pancake I had for breakfast.

  • Is this blister bothering you?

  • I'm getting blisters on my feet.

  • I'm getting blisters on my fingers.

  • Wilson pulled the dead skin back from the blister, creating a small red-rimmed sore.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She'd have blisters the size of pancakes.

  • The boots are chef's kiss, but the blisters that they gave me are not.

Synonyms

bleb
vsblister
  • Specialized
2 9.9

A small blister on the skin or a cell that holds fluid

is generally larger and not limited to tiny bubbles
blood blister
vsblister
1 4.3

A raised spot on the skin filled with blood from rubbing or hitting

is usually filled with clear fluid or air rather than blood
fever blister
vsblister
  • US
1 5.1

A small painful sore on the lip or face caused by the herpes virus

is any raised fluid or air filled swelling not limited to viral lip sores
blain
vsblister
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A painful swollen sore on the skin often caused by cold or injury

is usually a raised bubble filled with fluid or air rather than only inflammation
water blister
vsblister
2.8

A small raised spot on the skin filled with clear fluid after rubbing or a burn

is more general and covers any raised fluid or air filled swelling
bulla
vsblister
  • Specialized
9.9

A large blister filled with clear fluid on the skin

is the general term including small and large fluid or air filled swellings

Antonyms

5 1.9

An even surface without rough parts

3 2.9

A level area with hardly any hills

Compounds

A beetle that makes a liquid that can cause blisters on the skin

1 3.7

Packaging that keeps a small product in a clear plastic bubble on cardboard

blister rust
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus

A raised spot on the skin filled with blood from rubbing or hitting

1 5.1

A small painful sore on the lip or face caused by the herpes virus

blister blight
  • Specialized
9.3

A plant disease that makes blister-like spots on leaves and shoots, often in tea plants or pine trees

blister copper
  • Specialized
8.6

A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted

A small raised spot on the skin filled with clear fluid after rubbing or a burn

9.1

A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees

How Big

bulla
  • Specialized
9.9
blister
52 2.4
vesicle
  • Specialized
3 7.9

Surface Forms

blister singular
blisters plural

Etymology

Blister comes from the idea of a small 'bubble' that rises on the skin or on a surface, like a tiny balloon of fluid under the skin. So a blister is a raised swelling or bubble that often holds fluid.