Definition of Blisters

1. Noun. (plural of blister) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blisters

1. blister [v] - See also: blister

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blisters

blist
blister
blister agent
blister beetle
blister beetle poisoning
blister blight
blister copper
blister pack
blister rust
blistered
blistering
blistering agent
blistering collodion
blisteringly
blisterlike
blisters (current term)
blistery
blit
blite
blites
blithe
blitheful
blithely
blitheness
blither
blithered
blithering
blithers
blithesome
blithesomely

Literary usage of Blisters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"In spite of all the changes in medical theory, blisters have always maintained an important place in practice. We have hitherto been in the habit of ..."

2. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1870)
"blisters.—blisters were long ago recommended for the cure of obstinate ... This author speaks of them in the following terms: "I have seen two blisters, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region by Alfred Velpeau (1856)
"blisters.—Two therapeutic agents spoken of in connection with phlegmon and ... blisters.—According to the opinion of all surgeons, blisters applied to ..."

4. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
blisters, 2447. Electro-Magnetism, 2526. HOURGLASS CONTRACTIONS OF THE UTERUS ... blisters, 2428 Ice, 2603. Cold Affusion, 2704. HYDROCELE. ..."

5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1846)
"CASE OF SCIATICA, TREATED BY blisters AND MORPHIA. By Dr. TAYLOR. [This patient was under Dr. Taylor's care in University College hospital« It appears that ..."

6. A Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William Dewees (1854)
"During pregnancy, blisters are much more apt to produce strangury than at ... blisters are to be used with great caution with pregnant women : owing to the ..."

7. The New York Journal of Medicine by Samuel Smith Purple, Charles Alfred Lee, Henry Daggett Bulkley, Samuel Forry, Stephen Smith (1856)
"Treatment of Chorea by blisters.—Dr. Max Simon, several years ago, ... and permanent cure by the employment of blisters applied upon the arm and neck. ..."

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