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Blood blister: a blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction.

A blister is medically termed a vesicle. One that is more than 5 mm in diameter is called a bulla.

The word blister entered English in the 14th century. It came from the Middle Dutch bluyster, blister and was a modification of the Old French blostre which meant a leprous nodule -- a rise in the skin due to leprosy.

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