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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Talk to your health care provider if your milk bleb is painful or doesn't go away on its own.
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Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 30 July 2024
Instead, the authors suggest that the erupting volcanic material drips out as floating blebs of lava (see above).
—Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2013
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Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 30 July 2024
Instead, the authors suggest that the erupting volcanic material drips out as floating blebs of lava (see above).
—Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2013
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“Bleb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleb. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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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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