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
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
