blister

See also: B-lister

English

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BLISTERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BLISTER blister, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#BLISTER blestre, from a GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Germanic languages#BLISTER source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (swelling), Old Norse blastr (a blowing).

Pronunciation

Noun

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blister (countable and uncountable, plural blisters)Category:English lemmas#BLISTERCategory:English nouns#BLISTERCategory:English uncountable nouns#BLISTERCategory:English countable nouns#BLISTERCategory:English countable nouns#BLISTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
    Hyponyms: bulla, vesicle, vesicula
    • 1967, Donald Howard Grainger, Don't Die in the Bundu:
      Inspect them for rub marks and blisters; tape or bandage rub marks; clean the skin around a blister, use a sterilised needle to puncture it at its outer edge and press out the fluid, then bandage.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BLISTER
  2. A swelling on a plant.
  3. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#BLISTER) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
    • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
      'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well []
      Category:English terms with quotations#BLISTER
  4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
  5. (roofingCategory:en:Roofing#BLISTER) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
  6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
  7. A cause of annoyance.
  8. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BLISTER) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

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Verb

blister (third-person singular simple present blisters, present participle blistering, simple past and past participle blistered)Category:English lemmas#BLISTERCategory:English verbs#BLISTERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BLISTER) To raise blisters on.
    a chemical agent that blisters the skinCategory:English terms with usage examples#BLISTER
  2. (cookingCategory:en:Cooking#BLISTER, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BLISTER) To sear after blaching.
  3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BLISTER) To have a blister form.
  4. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BLISTER) To criticise severely.
  5. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BLISTER) To break out in blisters.

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Category:en:Fire#BLISTER

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#BLISTERCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#BLISTER blister (blister; blister pack).

Pronunciation

Noun

blister m (plural blisters, diminutive blistertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BLISTERCategory:Dutch nouns#BLISTERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BLISTERCategory:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#BLISTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. blister pack
    Synonyms: doordrukstrip, blisterpak, blisterverpakking

French

Pronunciation

Noun

blister m (plural blisters)Category:French lemmas#BLISTERCategory:French nouns#BLISTERCategory:French countable nouns#BLISTERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:French masculine nouns#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. blister pack

Polish

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Etymology

Category:Polish terms derived from Middle English#BLISTERCategory:Polish terms derived from Old French#BLISTER

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Polish terms borrowed from English#BLISTERCategory:Polish terms derived from English#BLISTER blister.

Pronunciation

Noun

blister m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#BLISTERCategory:Polish nouns#BLISTERCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:Polish masculine nouns#BLISTERCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. blister pack

Declension

Further reading

  • blister”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Category:pl:Containers#BLISTER

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#BLISTERCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#BLISTER blister.

Noun

blister n (plural blistere)Category:Romanian lemmas#BLISTERCategory:Romanian nouns#BLISTERCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#BLISTERCategory:Romanian countable nouns#BLISTERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BLISTERCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#BLISTERCategory:Pages with entries#BLISTERCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BLISTER

  1. blister

Declension

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