blister : Idioms & Phrases

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Blister beetle

  • noun beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
    meloid.
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  • a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.
Webster 1913

blister blight

  • noun a disease of Scotch pines
  • noun a disease of tea plants
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blister copper

  • noun an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface
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Blister fly

  • a blister beetle.
Webster 1913

blister pack

  • noun packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover
    bubble pack.
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Blister plaster

  • a plaster designed to raise a blister; usually made of Spanish flies.
Webster 1913

blister rust

  • noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
    blister rust; white-pine rust.
  • noun fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
    Cronartium ribicola.
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Blister steel

  • crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.
Webster 1913

blistering agent

  • noun a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
    dichloroethyl sulfide; mustard agent; sulfur mustard; mustard gas.
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Blood blister

  • noun blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury
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  • a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury.
Webster 1913

Fever blister

  • noun caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)
    herpes labialis; oral herpes; cold sore.
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  • (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
Webster 1913

water blister

  • noun blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content
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white pine blister rust

  • noun any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
    blister rust; white-pine rust.
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