pustular, a.
(ˈpʌstjʊlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. pustulār-is, f. pustula pustule: see -ar.]
1. Of, pertaining to, of the nature of pustules; characterized by pustules.
| 1739 Huxham in Phil. Trans. XLI. 669 The pustular and leprous Eruptions increased daily. 1800 Woodville in Med. Jrnl. IV. 256, I differ in opinion from Dr. Jenner in not imputing the pustular eruptions..to any adulteration of the vaccine matter employed in the inoculations. 1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosol. Method. (ed. 3) 329 The five genera of pustular diseases. 1876 J. S. Bristowe The. & Pract. Med. (1878) 572 Petechial or pustular rashes. |
2. Bot. and Zool. Having low glandular excrescences like blisters or pustules.
| 1776 Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 393 Sphæria fraxinea [Fungus]. Black; roundish, convex, dotted... Nearly sitting, pustular. |