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• pus jewel (eggcorn)

From Middle English pustule, from Old French pustule, from Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”).

• IPA(key): /ˈpʌstjuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃuːl/, /ˈpʌst͡ʃəl/

pustule (plural pustules)

1. (dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
2. A pimple filled with pus.
   • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth, Chapter 8:
     Pigmy pagodas sprouted like pustules.
3. Anything like a pustule, on plants or animals; a small blister.

• acropustulosis

• micropustule

• papulopustule

• pustular

• pustulated

• pustuled

• pustulelike

• pustulent

• pustuliform

• pustulocrustaceous

• pustulose

• pustulosis

• pustulous

• pus

• Cutaneous condition (Pustule) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• abscess

• boil

• pimple

• pluteus

Inherited from Old French pustule.

pustule f (plural pustules)

1. pustule

• “pustule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

pustule f

1. plural of pustula

Borrowed from Latin pustula.

pustule oblique singular, f (oblique plural pustules, nominative singular **pustule, nominative plural pustules)

1. pustule

• English: pustule
• French: pustule

pustule

1. plural of pustulă