Word for the day: blister

blister |ˈblɪstə|                                      *ampolla (en Español) 



DEFINITION
noun
1 a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage.• a swelling filled with air or fluid on the surface of a plant, heated metal, painted wood, etc.• Medicine, chiefly historical a preparation applied to the skin to form a blister.2 Brit. informal, dated an annoying person: the child is a disgusting little blister.

verb [ no obj. ]form blisters on the skin or other surface: the surface of the door began to blister | (asadj.blistered) : he had blistered feet.• [ with obj. ] cause blisters to form on the surface of: a caustic liquid which blisters the skin.
ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.

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