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Blister, blood: a blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction.
A blister is medically termed a vesicle. One that is more than 5 mm in diameter with thin walls and is full of watery fluid is called a bulla or a bleb.
The word "blister" entered English in the 14th century. It came from the Middle Dutch "bluyster", blister and was a modification of the Old French "blostre" which meant a leprous nodule -- a rise in the skin due to leprosy.
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A blood blister is a specific type of blister that forms when blood vessels near the skin's surface are damaged without actually opening the skin. Since the blood ...
Blisters, a common skin injury has two basic forms. First is a “regular†blister which is filled with lymph. The other type of called a blood blister, and it is a ...
Blood blisters are most often caused by trauma. Burns can also cause blood blisters, as can allergies, and very rarely, they can...
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