| 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) |
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| 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) |
| pustule | <medicine> A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus. Malignant pustule. See Malignant. Origin: L. Pustula, and pusula: cf. F. Pustule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pustuliform | Having the appearance of a pustule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulocrustaceous | Marked by pustules crusted with dry pus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulosis | 1. An eruption of pustules. 2. Term occasionally used to designate acropustulosis. Origin: L. Pustula, pustule, + G. -osis, condition Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris, a sterile pustular eruption of the fingers and toes, variously attributed to dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and unidentified bacterial infection. Synonym: acrodermatitis continua, acrodermatitis perstans, dermatitis repens, Hallopeau's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pustulosis vacciniformis acuta | A febrile condition caused by cutaneous dissemination of herpesvirus type 1, occurring most commonly in children, consisting of a widespread eruption of vesicles rapidly becoming umbilicated pustules; clinically indistinguishable from a generalised vaccinia. The two may be distinguished by electron microscopy or demonstration of inclusion bodies in smears, which are intranuclear in eczema herpeticum and intracytoplasmic in eczema vaccinatum. Synonym: pustulosis vacciniformis acuta. (05 Mar 2000) |