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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. (bleb) blister: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
  2. (Bleb) 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. (Blebbing) 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. (bleb) An slightly raised area under the eyelid, on the surface of the eye itself, that lies over the new drainage opening created during surgery.
  5. (BLEB) A thin-walled auxiliary drain created on the outside of the eyeball during filtering surgery for glaucoma. It is sometimes called a filtering bleb.
  6. (Bleb) 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.
  7. (Bleb) 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. (bleb) an abnormal pocket of air in the lungs, usually under the lining of a lung, that can rupture with ascent and lead to barotrauma.
  9. Air-filled cysts near or on the surface of the lung.  Blebs are less than 1cm in diameter.  Compare to bullae