pustulate

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  1. transitive verb To cause to form pustules.
  2. intransitive verb To form pustules.
  3. adjective Covered with pustules.

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  1. from Latin pustulatus, past participle of pustulare, blister, from pustula, a blister, pimple: see pustule.
  2. from Latin pustulatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈpəstʃjuleɪt/
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