pustulation

[PUSTULATE.] The formation or breaking out of pustules. pus-tüle, s. [Fr., from Lat. pustula, for pusula =a blister. Allied to Gr. physalis, physké a bladder, a pustule.] 1. Bot . A pimple, a little blister. 2. Pathology : A vesicle containing pus, as in ecthyma, furunculus, and small-pox. Malignant pustule or charbon is a disease transmitted to man from sheep or oxen, occasionally from horses, to some exposed part, lip or face usually, and nearly always fatal. Zoology & Palæont .: A genus of Polyzoa, family Idmoneide. From the Cretaceous onward. Called also Entalophora.