bullousadj.
/ˈbʊləs/ Pathology.
Characterized by the presence of bullæ; resembling a bulla.
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blistered1563
vesicated1703
vesicular1818
bullous1833
phlyctenous1834
phlyctenoid1842
phlyctenular1843
pompholygous1855
vesiculateda1858
papulovesicular1875
vesicopustular1902
vesiculo-pustular1911
vesiculo-bullous1923
1833 P. Rayer Treat. Dis. Skin i. 49 Bullous inflammations of the skin.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. ii. 318 Herpes and pemphigus are vesicular or bullous affections.
1917 M. B. Hartzell Dis. Skin viii. 286 The bullous syphiloderm..occurs as pea- to nut-sized blebs.
1961 Lancet 2 Sept. 550/2 She developed a bullous skin eruption.
1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. ii. xxxi. 29 Vesicular and bullous diseases constitute a group of eruptions of widely varying aetiology and prognosis but all share the common feature of blister formation within or below the epidermis.
1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) xv. 132 The virus causes bullous lesions in the oral mucosa.
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