- pustular eruption
- pustular drug eruption acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis.
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pustular eruption
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empyesis — A pustular eruption. [G. suppuration] * * * em·py·e·sis (em″pi eґsis) [Gr. empyēsis suppuration] 1. a pustular eruption. 2. any disease characterized by phlegmonous vesicles becoming filled with purulent fluid … Medical dictionary
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