Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small blister or vesicle, especially one of multiple blisters caused by a mild burn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small vesicle.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from Greek phluktaina, blister, from phlūzein, to boil over, variant of phlūein; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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