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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To cause to form pustules.
  • intransitive verb To form pustules.
  • adjective Covered with pustules.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To form pustules.
  • In botany, same as pustular, 2.
  • In entomology, covered with small spots, or with slight rounded elevations less distinct and regular than those of a granulated surface.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous
  • transitive verb To form into pustules, or blisters.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To form, or be formed into pustules
  • adjective Having pustules or prominences resembling them.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin

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