bull-, bulli- +
(Latin: bubble, blister; boil)
Additional words related to this unit are available at this "bubble" unit.
bulla (s), bullae (pl)
1. A fluid-filled space that is either within or beneath the epidermis.
2. A large blister or skin vesicle filled with fluid.
bullation
A condition marked by the presence of blisters or bullae.
bulla tympani, tympanic bulla
The bony projection of the temporal bone containing the tympanic cavity in many mammals.
bullectomy
The surgical removal of a bulla; especially, of an emphysematous bulla of the lung.
bullition
The action of boiling; boiling.
bullosis diabeticorum
A disorder of the skin in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in which bullae appear, usually on the feet and the ankles.
debulliate
To boil over.
ebulliate
To boil or to bubble up.
ebullire
1. To boil.
2. The following image is one of the most common signs for water through the ages, but it is said that it also symbolized
boiling.
This symbol appears both in modern ideography, as an alchemical sign and as an ancient Greek symbol. In eighteenth-century chemistry, it could mean coquere (to cook; to prepare food) or ebullire (to boil).
rebullition
The act of boiling up or effervescing.
Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling":
ichor-;
papulo-;
pemphig-;
puro-;
pus-;
pustu-;
pyo-;
suppurant-;
tum-;
vesico-;
vesiculo-.
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