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bleb (bleb) a large flaccid vesicle, usually at least 1 cm. in diameter.
bleb (blb)
n.
A large flaccid vesicle.

bleb
[bleb]
Etymology: ME, blob
an accumulation of fluid under the skin.

bleb
a large flaccid vesicle, usually at least 0.5 inch in diameter.

pulmonary bleb
small pocket of air under the visceral pleura; may be congenital or acquired.

Patient discussion about blebs.

Q. What's the best treatment for a blister?

A. use a clean needle and poke a small hole right at the base, between normal skin and the blister. Push the blister down, allow it to drain completely and put a bandaid over it; don't ever rip off blister skin allow it to fall off or reattach naturally.

Q. What are the causes of viral blisters on the skin? For a few months now I've been having these hard viral blisters on my fingers. The only way to get rid of them is with freezed carbon. It does go away with that treatment- after a few weeks but then a new one appears. How can I prevent it from "attacking" again??

A. These viral blisters you are describing are caused by HPV (papilloma virus), and are very hard to get rid of without treatment with freezed carbon. Many of us have the virus but not everyone gets the actual infection. There is not a proved way of preventing from it to happen again after treatment, unfortunately..

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Etching of polished sections of apparently 'pure' galena with acid reveals spectacular textures, showing that the galena is riddled with small elongate blebs of freibergite that average 20 microns in length.
Bartonella quintana invades and multiplies within endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo and forms intracellular blebs.
The formation of plasma membrane blebs in hepatocytes exposed to agents that increase cytosolic Ca2+ is mediated by the activation of a non-lysosomal proteolytic system.
 
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