pustular

1 8.3

Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin

adjective
/ˈpʌstjələr/

Specialized

: pustular

Now, you listen here, you pustular tykes.

Examples

The doctor diagnosed her condition as pustular dermatitis, which caused painful blisters on her arms.
The skin condition was characterized by a pustular rash that spread quickly across the patient's body.
After several days of treatment, the pustular lesions began to heal and reduce in size.

Synonyms

purulent

vspustular

Specialized

1 9.9

Having pus that comes from an infected wound

refers to presence of small inflamed blisters rather than fluid pus

pustulous

vspustular

Specialized

9.8

Covered with small pus-filled bumps on the skin, often from an infection

is about being related to or covered with small inflamed blisters

pustulate

vspustular

Specialized

9.9

Skin that has many small pus-filled bumps

is about being related to or covered by those blisters

pustulant

vspustular

Specialized

9.9

Having pus in the skin or in a sore

focuses on visible inflamed blisters rather than internal pus production

Antonyms

clear

866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

smooth

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Pus-filled

purulent

Specialized

1 9.9

pustular

Specialized

1 8.3

inflamed

6 4.3

Surface Forms

pustular positive

Morphology

pustular = pustule (transparent) = pustule + ar

Formed by a straightforward adjective suffixation from 'pustule' meaning 'having or relating to pustules', so the meaning is directly derivable from the base.

Etymology

Pustular comes from the Latin pustula, meaning 'small blister', and it gave English the word pustule. So, pustular describes skin that is covered with pustules, small, inflamed blisters like pimples.