| pustulant | <medicine> Producing pustules. A medicine that produces pustules, as croton oil. Origin: L. Pustulans, p. Pr. See Pustulate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pustular | <dermatology> Pertaining to or of the nature of a pustule, consisting of pustules (= a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis). (18 Nov 1997) |
| pustular blepharitis | blepharitis follicularis |
| pustular miliaria | An eruption of pustules that occurs usually in very hot weather and mostly on the flexor aspects of the limbs, the groins, and the axillae; the lesions are situated at the orifices of sweat glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustular psoriasis | An extensive exacerbation of psoriasis, with pustule formation in the normal and psoriatic skin, fever, and granulocytosis; sometimes precipitated by oral steroids. Synonym: generalised pustular psoriasis of Zambusch. A local pustular eruption of the palms and soles, occurring most commonly in a patient with psoriasis; difficult to distinguish from acrodermatitis continua. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustular syphilid | A type of pustular eruption occurring in secondary syphilis. Synonym: acne syphilitica, acneform syphilid, ecthymatous syphilid, impetiginous syphilid, varioliform syphilid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulate | <dermatology> Covered with small pustule- or blister-like elevations. (15 Dec 1997) |
| pustulate hair | <dermatology> Hair with an enlarged base. (15 Dec 1997) |
| pustulated | Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pustulation | The formation or the presence of pustules. (05 Mar 2000) |