| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| phlyctena |
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| SYLLABICATION: | phlyc·te·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fl k-t  n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also phlyc·tae·na |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. phlyc·te·nae (-n)
A small blister or vesicle, especially one of multiple blisters caused by a mild burn. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin, from Greek phluktaina, blister, from phl zein, to boil over, variant of phlein. See bhleu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | phlycten ar (flkt nr) —ADJECTIVE
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