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Pustulosis
A highly inflammatory skin condition resulting in large fluid-filled blister-like areas (pustules). Pustulosis typically occurs on the palms of the hands and/or the soles of the feet. The skin of these areas peels and flakes (exfoliates).
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1. An eruption of pustules. 2. Term occasionally used to designate acropustulosis. [L. pustula, pustule, + G. -osis, condition]
- p. palmaris et plantaris a sterile pustular eruption of the fingers and toes, variously attributed to dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and unidentified bacterial infection. SYN: acrodermatitis continua, acrodermatitis perstans, dermatitis repens.
- p. vacciniformis acuta SYN: eczema herpeticum.

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pus·tu·lo·sis (pus″tu-loґsis) a skin condition marked by an outbreak of pustules.

Medical dictionary. 2011.