pustular
adjective
pus·tu·lar
ˈpəs-chə-lər 
ˈpəs-tyə-,
-tə-
1
: of, relating to, or resembling pustules
2
: covered with pustular prominences : pustulated
Examples of pustular in a Sentence
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The vesicular lesions often then become pustular, meaning the clear fluid has become opaque.
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Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024
Villagran has spent the last 10 days dealing with a pustular rash covering her arms, legs and torso.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
The monkeypox virus was first identified in 1959 among a group of captive crab-eating macaque monkeys in Copenhagen, Denmark that had been imported for use in polio vaccine research and that had fallen ill with a pustular rash (2).
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2015
There are actually five different types of psoriasis: plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular, and erythrodermic.1 Of all the five types, guttate psoriasis is a bit less common.
—Lambeth Hochwald, Health, 24 Mar. 2023
There’s also guttate psoriasis, inverse psoriasis, pustular psoriasis, and even nail psoriasis; all of them can cause life-disrupting symptoms that require thoughtful care.
—Beth Krietsch, SELF, 14 Dec. 2022
Its signs are the same: red, pustular rash stippling along the arms, legs and torso, an unshakable fever with fatigue and bloodshot eyes.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2015
Monkeypox causes a rash that starts as flat spots, which then become raised and finally appears pustular.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022
It was administered not with a syringe but by scratching pustular material on a person’s arm.
—Jordan E. Taylor, Time, 5 Apr. 2021
Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024
Villagran has spent the last 10 days dealing with a pustular rash covering her arms, legs and torso.
—Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
The monkeypox virus was first identified in 1959 among a group of captive crab-eating macaque monkeys in Copenhagen, Denmark that had been imported for use in polio vaccine research and that had fallen ill with a pustular rash (2).
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2015
There are actually five different types of psoriasis: plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular, and erythrodermic.1 Of all the five types, guttate psoriasis is a bit less common.
—Lambeth Hochwald, Health, 24 Mar. 2023
There’s also guttate psoriasis, inverse psoriasis, pustular psoriasis, and even nail psoriasis; all of them can cause life-disrupting symptoms that require thoughtful care.
—Beth Krietsch, SELF, 14 Dec. 2022
Its signs are the same: red, pustular rash stippling along the arms, legs and torso, an unshakable fever with fatigue and bloodshot eyes.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2015
Monkeypox causes a rash that starts as flat spots, which then become raised and finally appears pustular.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022
It was administered not with a syringe but by scratching pustular material on a person’s arm.
—Jordan E. Taylor, Time, 5 Apr. 2021
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First Known Use
1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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pustular
adjective
pus·tu·lar
-lər
1
: of, relating to, or resembling pustules
pustular eruptions
2
: covered with pustular prominences : pustulated
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