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MEDYMOLOGY
ARBOR VITAE FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
Bulla
Etymology:
L. bulla: “bubble”
Definition:
A blister (resembling a bubble on a surface) or other thin-walled, fluid-filled cavity or lesion that is more than 1 cm in diameter (as opposed to a vesicle, which is a small fluid-filled blister that is less than 1 cm in diameter)
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