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Definition: Bleb |
BlebNoun1. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Bleb \Bleb\, noun. [Prov. English bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and perhaps blow to puff.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A small, usually rounded inclusion of one mineral in another; e.g., blebsof olivine poikilitically enclosed in pyroxene. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BlebSynonyms: blister (n), bulla (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bleb |
| Specialty definitions using "bleb": birdseye ♦ calcite eye. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bleb": Blub. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bleb" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (dupe, fool, idiot). |
| "Bleb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bleb" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bleb | 13 |
blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome | 6 |
bleb lung | 6 |
bleb blue rubber | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bleb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fshikë (bladder, blister, vesicle, water blister), flluskë (blister, bubble, nipple, vesicle, water blister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فقاعة (blister, bubble), بثرة (acne, botch, pap, pimple, pock, pustule, vesicle, wart, whelk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мехурче (vesicle), пришка (blain, blister, gall, pustule, spot, whelk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bulla (bled, blister, bulla), blist (aphtha, bled, blister, blister from burns, bulla, vesicle), blegne (aphtha, bulla), blære (bladder, blister, blow, bubble, bulge, bulla, urinary bladder, vesicle), vable (bled, blister, blister from burns, bulla, vesicle), forbrændingsvable (blister from burns, vesicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | brandblaar (blister from burns, vesicle), flycteen (bulla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حباب هوادراب یاشیشه , تاول (Blister, Gall, Scald, Scorch, Welt), برامدگی روی پوست انسان یاگیاه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | bulla (bull, bulla), vesirakkula (bulla, vesicle), vesikkeli (bulla, vesicle), vesikello (bulla). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bulle (bladder, bled, blister), ampoule (blister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Luftblase (blow hole), Bläschen (blebs, boil, droplet, seed, small blister, vesicle, vesicles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύστη (belly, bladder, cyst, vesica), πομφόλυγα (bulla), φυσαλίδα εγκαύματος (blister from burns, vesicle), φλύκταινα (blister, bulla, pock, pustule), φουσκάλα (bladder, blister, bubble, cyst, vesicle, water blister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בוע" (blister, bubble, globule, vesicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légbuborék (air bell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bolla d'aria (blister), bolla (a vesicle formed in bark or leaves by a separation and raising of the surface layers, bead, bill, bled, blister, blow, bubble, bull, bulla, bullion, cluster, delamination, note, the distended peridium of the aecidium of rusts), vescicola (bulla, small blister, vesicle), vescichetta (bladder, blister), flittene da ustione (blister from burns, vesicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | blib (bleb on skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ebblay borbulha (acne, bubble, bud, bud shield, chip bud, gemmate, pimple, whelk), bolha (bead, blister, blow, bubble, bullion, delamination, tubular film, vesicle, water blister). (various references) bãşicã pe piele, pustulã (pimple). (various references) волдырь (blister, draught, weal, wheal), пузырь (bladder, blister, blowhole, cyst). (various references) plik (blister), mehurić (bubble, vesicle). (various references) ampolla (a vesicle formed in bark or leaves by a separation and raising of the surface layers, ampoule, ampule, ampulla, bladder, bled, blister, blow, bulb, bulla, delamination, envelope, floatness, phial, shell, tank, tube). (various references) liten bubbla. (various references) пухир (blister, wheal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bleb": blebby, blebs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bleb": bumblebee, bumblebees, hobblebush, hobblebushes, stumblebum, stumblebums, thimbleberries, thimbleberry, tumblebug, tumblebugs. (additional references) | |
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"Bleb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aleb, balb, Beb, bebb, beeb, belbo, blav, blbb, ble, Bleby, blee, bleef, bleeg, bleeu, bleev, bleg, bleh, blei, bleibt, blej, blem, blen, blep, blerb, blev, blewb, bley, blez, blinb, bliv, blye, Bolab, breeb, btlb, Bueb, leb, lebb, oleb. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "eb": Neb, Sneb. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-l" | |
-1 letter: bel, ebb. | |
-2 letters: be, el. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-e-l" | |
+1 letter: babel, bible, blebs. | |
+2 letters: babble, babels, barbel, bauble, bibles, blebby, bobble, bubale, bubble, bulbed, bulbel, bumble, burble, cobble, dabble, dibble, gabble, gobble, hobble, kibble, libber, lobbed, lobber, lubber, nibble, nobble, nubble, pebble, pebbly, rabble, rubble, wabble, wobble. | |
+3 letters: abubble, babbled, babbler, babbles, barbell, barbels, barbule, baubles, beblood, belabor, bellboy, bibelot, bibless, biblike, bilboes, bilobed, bitable, blabbed, blabber, blesbok, blobbed, blubbed, blubber, blurbed, bobbled, bobbles, bobsled, brabble, bramble, bubales, bubbled, bubbler, bubbles, bulbels, bulblet, bumbled, bumbler, bumbles, burbled, burbler, burbles, buyable, clabber, clobber, clubbed, clubber, cobbled, cobbler, cobbles, dabbled, dabbler, dabbles, dibbled, dibbler, dibbles, drabble, dribble, flubbed, flubber, fribble, gabbled, gabbler, gabbles, glibber, gobbled, gobbler, gobbles, grabble, gribble, hobbled, hobbler, hobbles, kibbled, kibbles, libbers, lobbers, lobbied, lobbies, lobbyer, lubbers, nibbled, nibbler, nibbles, nobbled, nobbler, nobbles, nubbles, pebbled, pebbles, quibble, rabbled, rabbler, rabbles, rubbled, rubbles, scabble, slabbed, slabber, slobber, slubbed, slubber, stubble, wabbled, wabbler, wabbles, wobbled, wobbler, wobbles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 65 62 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. . -... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l e b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0065 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36787168 |
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