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petechia: a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)

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papule collapse: a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)

wheal collapse

polyp collapse: one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

carbuncle collapse: an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus; deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets

furuncle collapse

hemorrhage collapse

ulcer collapse: a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

whelk collapse: large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell; large marine snail much used as food in Europe; gather whelk

felon collapse: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

chilblain collapse: inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture

chancre collapse: a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

tubercle collapse: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

lesion collapse: any visible abnormal structural change in a bodily part

pustule collapse: a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus

festering collapse: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

abscess collapse: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

fester collapse: a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus; ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

scab collapse: the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion; someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike; form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"

sty collapse: a pen for swine; an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid

bleb collapse

pock collapse: a pustule in an eruptive disease

wale collapse: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship; a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

pimple collapse: a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

stigma collapse: a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease; an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod; the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil

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