1
: a small blister
2
: bubble
also
: a small particle
3
: something resembling a bleb
especially
: a vesicular outgrowth of a plasma or nuclear membrane
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Instead, the authors suggest that the erupting volcanic material drips out as floating blebs of lava (see above).
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Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2013
Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2013
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of blob
First Known Use
1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Medical Definition
bleb
noun1
: a small blister compare bulla sense 2
2
: something resembling a bleb
especially
: a vesicular outpocketing of a plasma or nuclear membrane
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