Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bleb"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bleb \Bleb\, n. [Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister.
This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and
perh. blow to puff.]
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid;
a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.
Arsenic abounds with air blebs. --Kirwan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bleb
n : (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous
fluid [syn: {blister}, {bulla}]
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