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blister
A blister is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood, or pus) within the upper layers of the skin, usually caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure or infection. Most blisters are filled ...
is a small pocket of fluid in the upper layer of the skin caused by
heat
In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings by such mechanisms as thermal conduction, electromagnetic radiation, and friction, which are microscopic in nature, involving sub-atomic, ato ...
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electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...
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chemicals
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light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...
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radiation
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium. This includes:
* ''electromagnetic radiation'' consisting of photons, such as radio waves, microwaves, infr ...
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friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. Types of friction include dry, fluid, lubricated, skin, and internal -- an incomplete list. The study of t ...
Blister(s) or Blistering may also refer to:
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Blood blister
A blood blister is a type of blister that forms when subdermal tissue (biology), tissues and blood vessels are damaged without piercing the skin. It consists of a pool of lymph, blood and other body fluids trapped beneath the skin. If punctured ...
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Bleb (medicine)
In medicine, a bleb is a blister-like protrusion (often hemispherical) or '' vesicle'' filled with serous fluid. Blebs can form in a number of tissues by different pathologies, including frostbite and can "appear and disappear within a short time ...
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Anti-torpedo bulge
The anti-torpedo bulge (also known as an anti-torpedo blister) is a form of defence against naval torpedoes occasionally employed in warship construction in the period between the First and Second World Wars. It involved fitting (or retrofittin ...
, also known as an anti-torpedo blister
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''Blister'' (TV series)
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Blister pack
A blister pack is any of several types of pre-formed plastic packaging used for small consumer goods, foods, and for pharmaceuticals.
The primary component of a blister pack is a cavity or pocket made from a formable web, usually a thermoform ...
, a type of packaging
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''Blistering'' (magazine), an online heavy metal and hard rock magazine
* "Blister", a song by Jimmy Eat World from the album ''
Clarity
Clarity may refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Clarity'' (Jimmy Eat World album) or the title song, 1999
* ''Clarity'' (Sifow album) or the title song, 2006
* ''Clarity'' (Zedd album) or the title song (see below), 2012
* ''Clarity'' (mixtape), by K ...
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* "Blisters", a song by Neurosis from the album ''
The Word as Law
''The Word as Law'' is the second studio album by American post-metal band Neurosis. It was released in 1990 through Lookout! Records, originally on LP only. In 1991, the album was released on CD with several re-recorded tracks from previous r ...
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* "Blisters", a song by War from the album ''
Deliver the Word''
* Another name for a
mustard plaster
A mustard plaster, also known as a blister, is a poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the body to stimulate healing. It can be used to warm muscle tissues and for chronic aches and pains. It was once ...
* A secure, hygenic, pre-packaged, plastic strip, which allows for individual medicinal and nutritional tablets to be popped out.
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