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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 135)

Noun.

[L.

pustula

, and

pusula

: cf. F.

pustule

(Med.)

A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.

Malignant pustule

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Noun.

pus'l or pus'tul; the former is the usual pronunciation in America. [L. pustula; from the root of push.]

A pimple or wheal; a small push or eruption on the skin.