Blood blister: 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.
Library > Science > Sci-Tech Dictionary ( ′bləd ′blis·tər ) ( medicine ) A blister that is filled with blood.
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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 ...
Blood blisters are most often caused by trauma. Burns can also cause blood blisters, as can allergies, and very rarely, they can...
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 ...