PUSTULATE Pus"tu*late, v. t. Etym: [L. pustulatus, p. p. of pustulare to blister, fr. pustula. See Pustule.]

Defn: To form into pustules, or blisters.

PUSTULATE; PUSTULATED
Pus"tu*late, Pus"tu*la`ted, a.

Defn: Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.

PUSTULATION
Pus*tu*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. pustulatio.]

Defn: The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.

PUSTULE
Pus"tule, n. Etym: [L. pustula, and pusula: cf. F. pustule.] (Med.)

Defn: A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus. Malignant pustule. See under Malignant.

PUSTULOUS Pus"tu*lous, a. Etym: [L. pustulosus, fr. pustula a pustule: cf. F. pustuleux.]

Defn: Resembling, or covered with, pustules; pustulate; pustular.