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bleb

[ bleb ]

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
  2. a bubble.


bleb

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. a fluid-filled blister on the skin
  2. a small air bubble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • b adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bleb1

First recorded in 1600–10; akin to blob, blubber
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bleb1

C17: variant of blob
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Anyone who has had an intradermal tuberculosis test on the forearm is familiar with the “bleb.”

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When administered, the injected vaccine leaves a small blister, called a bleb, under the skin.

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I think if you can get it out with scissors, it’s probably a bleb.

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Any RNA made by a cell should be distributed into the blebs randomly.

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Consider, for example, the small goosebumplike blebs that pepper the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe, the mid-20th-century artist made famous by her depictions of flowers and the Southwest United States.

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