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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.
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A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
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To raise a blister or blisters upon.
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Paper or paint that sometimes is separated from the structure forming air pockets or blisters.
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A shallow blow with a thin film of the metal over it appearing on the surface of a casting.
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A spongy, raised portion of a roofing membrane, ranging in size from 1" in diameter and barely detectable height to as much as 50 sq. ft. in area and 1 ft. high. Blisters result from the pressure of entrapped air or water vapor.
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Defect in paint that appears as a bubble under the surface, causing the paint to lift away from the surface underneath. Alternately, the portion of joint tape, which comes, unbonded from the surface of the joint.
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Bubble of air or gas indicated by a protrusion on the surface of a molded rubber part.
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A surface defect or eruption caused by expansion of gas, usually as a result of heating trapped gas within the casting, or under metal which has been plated on the casting.
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(r) a cavity or sack that deforms the surface of a material.
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Refers to an air pocket in a plastic or fiberglass surface.
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A blister is formed by the swelling of the crust that occurs as a result of the expansion of gas or vapor beneath a flow; typically about 1 meter (3.3 ft) in diameter and hollow.
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A small bubble of air that forms under the wallpaper during installation. The cause of blisters includes inadequate soaking or relaxing time, installation temperatures below 50 degrees F, air trapped between the wall and the paper, wallpaper installed on porous, unsealed wall and adhesive aeration.
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A bulla is a circumscribed elevation of skin of 0.5 cm or more in diameter containing a liquid. The distinction between vesicle and bulla is arbitrary and depends only on size (vesicles are less than 0.5 cm). Examples of bullae: Dermal bulla A bulla caused by separation of tissue components of the dermis with collection of serous fluid. Example: dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
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A pocket of air trapped between layers of felt or membrane. Blisters are usually caused by water or other foreign substances.
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a small fluid-filled bubble on the skin caused by heat from overtreatment with certain types of hair removal
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A raised spot on the surface of a building. They are caused by the expansion of trapped air, water vapor, moisture, or other gases under a material.
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A bubble that forms from gas or fluid that is trapped under the surface.
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the act of disciplining the bare buttocks of a bad boy to the point that the exposed skin is red, raised, and hot to the touch, and often makes subsequent sitting difficult for long periods of time.
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Small, fluid-filled bump often found on rowers' hands after a vigorous practice.
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A collection of serous, bloody or watery fluid under the skin.
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Build-up of watery or bloody fluid under the skin.
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A localized collection of clear fluid causing elevation of the skin, separating it into an upper and lower layer. Breakdown of a blister produces an ulcer.
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A pocket of air or liquid trapped between layers of felt or membrane.
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Bubbles of different sizes formed on the varnish's surface.
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A raised area on the surface of an extruded product due to subsurface gas expansion during extrusion or thermal treatment.
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a raised spot in the surface, or a separation between layers, usually forming void or air- filled space in the profile
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(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
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a bubble of fluid under the outer layer of skin
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a bubble of skin , usually filled with fluid,
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a build-up of fluid between layers of the skin and is usually a response to rubbing, friction, an allergy to an insect bite, infection or a burn
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a bump on the skin containing fluid
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a clear, raised, fluid filled sac usually caused by friction
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a collection of fluid underneath the top layer of the skin (the epidermis)
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a direct result of a combination between friction and an excessively moist environment (and I am only referring to the feet in this description), which may cause a separation between the epidermis and the dermis (layers of the skin)
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a fluid-filled separation of the epidermis from the dermis or a separation within the epidermis itself
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an area of raised skin with a watery liquid inside
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a raised area containing fluid under the top layer of skin
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a shell on the skin surface that often contains a clear liquid
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a small pocket of fluid in the upper skin layers and is one of the body's responses to injury or pressure
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a small pocket of fluid in the upper skin layers that occurs as a
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a thin-walled, fluid-filled bubble on your skin
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Occurs when fluid collects underneath the top layer of skin; usually as a result of an infection.
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A defect in metal produced by gas bubbles either on thesurface or formed beneath the surfce while the metal is hot orplastic. Very fine blisters are called pinhead or pepperblisters. BLOOM -See "Billet."
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a small rounded elevation of skin, usually filled with fluid.
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A rounded elevation of the pultruded surface with boundaries that may be more or less sharply defined.
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A surface bubble caused by gas expansion (usually from heating) which was trapped within the die casting or beneath the plating.
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A profusion of ubbles in a coating film that form during the heat treating process and remain after the film solidifies. In baking films, it is usually caused by solvent entrapments as a result of too high a baking temperature too early in the bake cycle. Surface disruption in extreme cases. Frequently accompanied by a sliht color change. Carbon entrapment in ceramic coatings. Ceramic coating can easily be scratched with knife blade or other hard object.
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a swelling of the upper layers of the skin filled with fluid.
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A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid.
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With the speed and action of racing the tire will get extremely hot during a race and can bubble, this is what is referred to as a blister.
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An overheating of the tread compound resulting in bubbles on the tire surface.
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A gaseous inclusion or bubble in the glass.
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a raised area on the surface or a separation between layers usually creating a void or air- or gas-filled space in a vulcanized article. See void.
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A swelling of the crust of a lava flow formed by the puffing-up of gas or vapor beneath the flow. Blisters are about 1 meter in diameter and hollow.
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An elevation of the skin that contains watery liquid.
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a scaly protuberance on the surface of plaster work, caused by the blowing or bursting of improperly burnt or slaked lime, or by the presence of foreign matter.
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A raised area on the surface of a molded part caused by the pressure of gasses inside on its incompletely hardened surface.
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A raised area, often dome shaped, resulting from (1) loss of adhesion between a coating or deposit and the base metal or (2) delamination under the pressure of expanding gas trapped in a metal in a near-subsurface zone. Very small blisters may be called pinhead blisters or pepper blisters.
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Bubbles on the surface of a tire created by overheating of the tread compound.
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A pocket of air between the marquetry assembly and the base board; such a fault needs to be sorted out before you start rubbing down and polishing. Cut into the blister with the point of the scalpel, then squeeze a small amount of white PVA glue into the cavity and reclamp.
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An undesirable rounded elevation of the surface of a plastic, whose boundaries may be more or less sharply defined. The blister may contain process fluid.
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A small air pocket or bubble that forms behind the wallpaper during installation. Usual causes of blisters include: a) inadequate soaking or booking time which causes the paper to expand on the wall after installation; b) temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit during installation; c) air that has become trapped between the wallpaper or border and the wall during installation; d) installation of wallpaper on a very porous wall that has not been properly sealed (see "primer/sealer" below); e) aeration of the adhesive paste.
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A bubble of air trapped beneath veneer when gluing down - when tapped gently there is a hollow sound. To remove, pierce to allow air to escape, and either insert more glue and press, or warm to reactivate existing adhesive.
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An enclosed pocket of air which may be mixed with water or solvent vapour trapped between the impermeable layers of felt or membrane or between the membrane and primed substrate.
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An undesirable air or gas filled bubble (bump) on the surface of a plastic part.
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A raised spot on the surface of pipe
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