BLEB
Dictionary entry overview: What does bleb mean? • BLEB (noun)
The noun BLEB has 1 sense:
1. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Familiarity information: BLEB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLEB (noun)
Meaning:
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
bleb; blister; bulla
Hypernyms ("bleb" is a kind of...):
cyst; vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))
Domain category:
pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bleb"):
water blister (blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content)
blood blister (blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury)
pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)
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