PAPULOVESICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does papulovesicle mean? 

• PAPULOVESICLE (noun)
  The noun PAPULOVESICLE has 1 sense:

1. a papule that changes into a blister

  Familiarity information: PAPULOVESICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPULOVESICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A papule that changes into a blister

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

papulovesicle; vesicopapule

Hypernyms ("papulovesicle" is a kind of...):

papule (a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox))

 Context examples 

The sweat then seeps into the epidermis, producing pruritic erythematous papulovesicles.

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