blister, bulla, bleb
(noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bleb (plural blebs)
A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
(medicine) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
(cytology) An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
(geology) A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
• (bubble): blister, bubble
• (large vesicle): blister
bleb (third-person singular simple present blebs, present participle blebbing, simple past and past participle blebbed)
To form, or cause the formation of, blebs.
Source: Wiktionary
Bleb, n. Etym: [Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and perh. blow to puff.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
