| Main Entry: | abscess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | acne |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemishes |
Synonyms: |
blackheads, pimples, pizza-face, pustules, rosacea, skin inflammation, whiteheads, zits |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blister |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | pimple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small swelling on the skin |
Synonyms: |
abscess, acne, beauty spot, blackhead, blemish, blister, boil, bump, carbuncle, caruncle, excrescence, furuncle, hickey, inflammation, lump, papula, papule, pustule, spot, whitehead, zit |
| Main Entry: | swelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical growth; lump |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt |
Antonyms: |
depression |
| Main Entry: | zit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pimple |
Synonyms: |
abscess, acne, blackhead, blemish, bump, carbuncle, excrescence, goober, goophead, papula, papule, pustule, whitehead |
| Main Entry: | pock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
blemish, hole, mark, pockmark, pustule, scar, spot |
| Main Entry: | ulcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an internal or external sore |
Synonyms: |
abscess, boil, canker, carbuncle, lesion, peptic ulcer, pustule |
| Main Entry: | pus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid matter |
Synonyms: |
matter, maturation, purulence, purulency, pustule, sinus, suppuration |
| Notes: | pus is a Latin term for the fluid product of infection; there is no etymological connection between pus and pustule; pustule is from Latin pustula 'blister' |