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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLEB

Variant of blob.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLEB

bleb  [blɛb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLEB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bleb is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLEB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bleb in the English dictionary

The definition of bleb in the dictionary is a fluid-filled blister on the skin. Other definition of bleb is a small air bubble.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLEB


celeb
sɪˈlɛb
Leb
lɛb
pleb
plɛb
pro-celeb
ˌprəʊsɪˈlɛb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLEB

blearier
bleariest
blearily
bleariness
bleary
bleary-eyed
Bleasdale
bleat
bleater
bleating
blebbing
blebby
bled
Bledisloe Cup
blee
bleed
bleed nipple
bleed someone or something dry
bleed valve
bleed white

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLEB

Bab el Mandeb
Beeb
Cheb
deb
Feb
feeb
Haleb
Horeb
keb
Loeb
Maghreb
neb
reb
saheb
semantic Web
Taleb
the web
web
World Wide Web
Zagreb

Synonyms and antonyms of bleb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bleb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLEB

Find out the translation of bleb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bleb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bleb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ampolla
570 millions of speakers

English

bleb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فقاعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волдырь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bolha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোস্কা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bulle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bleb
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bleb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水疱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여과포
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bleb
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bọt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குமிழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बधीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bleb
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vescichetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bąbelek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пухир
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pustulă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bleb
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bleb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bleb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bleb

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEB»

The term «bleb» is regularly used and occupies the 68.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bleb

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLEB»

Discover the use of bleb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bleb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy
... Frederick T. Fraunfelder. conjunctival shrinkage and retraction, wound dehiscence, bleb dysesthesia, ptosis, and hyperopia. Decreased bleb function requires resuming glaucoma medications and possibly more glaucoma surgery.
Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder, 2008
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Glaucoma: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online ...
If the leak allows bulk flow of aqueous, the rest of the bleb can collapse, allowing apposition of the inflamed inner bleb walls, which are likely to adhere. If such adherence is over most or all of the bleb area, bleb failure is probably inevitable.
‎2009
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The Glaucoma Book: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach to ...
Bleb leak is one of the increasing complications after trabeculectomy with adjunctive use of antimetabolites, and may lead to sight-threatening complications. Several authors have reported success rates of surgical revision being 83–96%, ...
Paul N. Schacknow, John R. Samples, 2010
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Ophthalmology Review: A Case Study Approach: A Case Study ...
FAILING. FILTERING. BLEB. HISTORY A 53-year-old African American woman, with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma, underwent a limbus-based trabeculectomy with intraoperative application of 5-FU in the right eye. The scleral flap ...
Kuldev Singh, William E. Smiddy, 2011
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Pearls of Glaucoma Management
The treatment most likely to heal a bleb leak is surgical revision in the operating room. Several approaches have been described. One of the most straightforward is direct conjunctival/Tenon's advancement: a wide peri- tomy is made on each ...
JoAnn A. Giaconi, Simon K. Law, Anne L. Coleman, 2010
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Eye on the Bayou: New Concepts in Glaucoma, Cataract and ...
These include bleb dysesthesia, astigmatism, cataract, hypotony, and bleb- associated endophthalmitis. In this report, I will summarize some anecdotal observations that may be of use to others who perform the procedure. Bleb- related ...
New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. Session, Jonathan D. Nussdorf, 2006
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Glaucoma
received a collagen implant, and the mean volume of the intrascleral bleb was 1.8 mm3. In the intrascleral filtering bleb, the aqueous resorption mechanism maybe different to the one that occurs in the subconjunctival space. The aqueous is ...
Franz Grehn, Robert Stamper, 2009
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Becker-Shaffer's Diagnosis and Therapy of the Glaucomas
Apparently the aqueous even- tually modifies the bleb tissue in some manner, allowing it to become more permeable to aqueous and to function adequately as a filtering bleb. When evaluated over 3.5 years following surgery, filtration pro- ...
Robert L. Stamper, Marc F. Lieberman, Michael V. Drake, 2009
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Moorfields Manual of Ophthalmology
Background Bleb related infection is a potentially blinding, late complication of glaucoma filtering surgery. It refers to a spectrum of disease ranging from blebitis (isolated bleb infection) to bleb- related endophthalmitis (BRE). The organisms ...
Timothy L. Jackson, 2008
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Complications of Glaucoma Surgery
13 Consequently the surgical approach in these cases should include solutions for both problems: bleb dimension reduction for the overhanging part of the bleb and repair of the bleb's function to address the bleb—induced hypotony or leak—  ...
Robert M. Feldman, MD, Nicholas P. Bell, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLEB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bleb is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography analysis of …
Serial measurements of SRF bleb size showed that bleb width decreased significantly at all time points during the 12-month follow-up period ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
A dying cell's last act
Before the cells die they bubble or 'bleb' and shoot out strings of capsules containing molecular messages.CREDIT: LA TROBE UNIVERSITY. «Cosmos, Jun 15»
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Trabeculectomy associated with 2% incidence of bleb infection at 10 …
Surgical bleb revision showed a protective effect against late-onset bleb-related infections after trabeculectomy in the presence of various risk ... «Healio, Jun 15»
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Intraocular lens dislocation and tube shunt in the posterior chamber …
Six months later, the bleb in the plate was encapsulated and the IOP was 14 mmHg. Two years later in April 2009, the IOL-CB complex became ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
5
Novel device safely reduces IOP and glaucoma medication use
However, conducting such a procedure introduces the risks of hypotony, hyphema, bleb leakage, bleb infection, and endophthalmitis. Indeed ... «ModernMedicine, Jun 15»
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Isarna Announces Orphan Drug Designation in the European Union …
... the optic nerve head, and leads to (3) so-called "bleb closure" post glaucoma filtration surgery (GFS) by driving the fibrosis/scarring process. «Benzinga, May 15»
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Glaucoma: treatment of open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
As fluid flows through the channel, the tissue over the opening rises up to form a bleb (blister). Success rates of up to 90% have been reported, ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, May 15»
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Ultrasound-Guided Penile Nerve Block for Circumcision: A New …
Finally, I placed a small ventral bleb with local anesthetic at the penoscrotal junction to block the scrotal branches of the pudendal nerve, as recommended by ... «Anesthesiology News, May 15»
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Synopsis: Water Flow Helps Cells Move
A bleb forms when the cytoskeleton—the rigid mesh structure just below the membrane—contracts, producing a membrane bulge. But there ... «Physics, May 15»
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New glaucoma devices bring new dimension of treatment
The internal bleb becomes a low-lying drainage area with fewer post-op complications and management issues than ab externo dissected ... «ModernMedicine, May 15»

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