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Noun
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blebs, plural;
  1. A small blister on the skin

  2. A small bubble in glass or in a fluid

  3. A rounded outgrowth on the surface of a cell

  1. blister: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
  2. In medicine, a bleb is a large blister (usually approximately hemispherical) filled with serous fluid. Blebs can form in a number of tissues due to different pathologies, including frostbitten tissues, and as a cause of spontaneous pneumothorax. ...
  3. In cell biology, a bleb is an irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell caused by localized decoupling of the cytoskeleton from the plasma membrane . Blebbing is the term used to describe the formation of blebs and is sometimes referred to as zeiosis.
  4. A bubble, such as in paint or glass; A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis; A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another; To form, or cause the formation of, blebs
  5. A small, usually rounded inclusion of one material in another, as blebs of olivine poikilitically enclosed in pyroxene, or blebs of molybdenum in a porphyritic matrix.
  6. an abnormal pocket of air in the lungs, usually under the lining of a lung, that can rupture with ascent and lead to barotrauma.
  7. An elevation of the skin not normally exceeding 1-2 cm., that is filled with fluid. bronchoscopy - a thin, lighted tube (bronchoscope) inserted through the nose or mouth to examine the breathing passages at the entrance to your lungs. ...
  8. A thin-walled auxiliary drain created on the outside of the eyeball during filtering surgery for glaucoma. It is sometimes called a filtering bleb.
  9. A medical term meaning a small sac akin to a blister. Blebs are found on the surface of the lung. When a bleb ruptures and causes a leak on the surface of the lung it is called a pneumothorax.
  10. An slightly raised area under the eyelid, on the surface of the eye itself, that lies over the new drainage opening created during surgery.