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Bullous

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Characterized by blistering, such as in a second-degree burn.

Bullous is the adjective for bulla.

A bulla is a blister more than 5 mm (about 3/16 inch) in diameter with thin walls that is full of fluid.

A bulla on the skin is a blister.

A bulla on the pleura (the membrane covering the lung) is a bleb.

In Latin a bulla was a 'bubble, stud or knob.' It referred to any rounded protrusion, particularly one that was hollow or cystic.

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