noun
Meaning 1
A bubble, such as in paint or glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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bleb
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/blɛb/
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rhymes with -ɛb
noun
Meaning 2
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Examples
- 2008, Lin Her-Shyuan Lin, Adam C, Reynolds, 180: Filtering Blebs and Associated Problems, Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder (editors), Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy, 6th Edition, page 340, Inflammation and scarring is a shared mechanism for chemical irritants, cryotherapy, laser thermotherapy, and autologous blood injection in the treatment of bleb dysesthesia, overfiltering blebs, and bleb leaks.
- 2009, Anthony Wells, Tina Wong, Jonathan G. Crowston, 79: Tenon's Cyst Formation, Wound Healing, and Bleb Evaluation: Part A: Tenon's Cyst Formation and Management, Tarek M. Shaawary, Mark B. Sherwood, Roger A. Hitchings, Jonathan G. Drowston (editors), Glaucoma, Volume 2: Surgical Management, page 236, If the leak allows bulk flow of aqueous, the rest of the bleb can collapse, allowing apposition of the inflamed inner bleb walls, which are likely to adhere. If such adherence is over most or all of the bleb area, bleb failure is probably inevitable.
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noun
Meaning 3
An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
Examples
- 2013, Louis Foucard, Xavier Espinet, Eduard Benet, Franck J. Vernerey, The Role of the Cortical Membrane in Cell Mechanics: Model and Simulation, Shaofan Li, Dong Qian (editors), Multiscale Simulations and Mechanics of Biological Materials, page 261, As the bleb grows (the growth time is on order of a minute), the actin cortex starts reassembling beneath the bleb membrane.
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noun
Meaning 4
A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1974, George E. Stoertz, George E. Ericksen, Geology of Salars in Northern Chile, Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, page 32, Figure 23. [...] The crust is underlain by silty sand, which is loosely cemented by a meshwork of gypsum crystals and contains blebs and small nodules of white ulexite (U).
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verb
Meaning 5
To form, or cause the formation of, blebs.
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noun
Meaning 6
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blister, bulla
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Broader terms: vesicle, cyst
Narrower terms: water blister, blood blister, pustule
History
Etymology
Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to blob and blubber.