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pim·ple
(pĭm′pəl)n.
A small swelling of the skin, usually caused by acne; a papule or pustule.
[Middle English.]
pim′pled, pim′ply adj.
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pimple
(ˈpɪmpəl)n
1. (Medicine) a small round usually inflamed swelling of the skin
2. (Individual Sports, other than specified) any of the bumps on the surface of a table tennis bat
[C14: related to Old English pipilian to break out in spots; compare Latin papula pimple]
ˈpimpled adj
ˈpimply adj
ˈpimpliness n
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pim•ple
(ˈpɪm pəl)n.
a small, usu. inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
[1350–1400; Middle English, nasalized variant of Old English *pypel (whence pyplian to break out in pimples) < Latin papula pimple]
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Noun | 1. | pimple - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne acne - an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones papule - a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus |
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pimple
noun spot, boil, swelling, pustule, zit (slang), papule (Pathology), plook (Scot.) His face was covered with pimples.
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Translations
بَثْر، دُمَّل صَغير على سَطْح الجِلْدبثرةحَب
пъпкапъпчица
pupínekuher
filipensbums
جوش
finninäppy
bubuljica
pattanás
bóla
吹き出物
뾰루지
pustula
spuogasspuoguotas
pūtīte
pupienok
mozolj
prištбубуљица
finnekvissla
สิว
mụn
pimple
[ˈpɪmpl] N (gen) → grano m; (on face) → espinilla fshe came out in pimples → le salieron granos
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pimple
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pimple
(ˈpimpl) noun a small round swelling on the skin. He had a pimple on his nose.
ˈpimpled/ˈpimply adjective having pimples. a pimpled/pimply face.
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pimple
→ حَب pupínek filipens Pickel σπυράκι grano finni bouton bubuljica foruncolo 吹き出物 뾰루지 puist kvise krosta borbulha, espinha прыщ kvissla สิว sivilce mụn 丘疹Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pim·ple
n. barrillo, [blackhead] espinilla, grano de la cara.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pimple
n grano, barroEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.