PHLYCTENA


Meaning of PHLYCTENA in English

/flik tee"neuh/ , n. , pl. phlyctenae /-nee/ . Pathol.

a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.

Also, phlyctaena .

[ 1685-95; phlyctaena phlýktaina a blister, akin to phlýein, phlýzein to swell, boil over ]

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