bleb

/blɛb/

bleb noun: a bubble, such as in paint or glass.

Noun

bleb (plural blebs)

A bubble, such as in paint or glass.

Synonyms:

blister, bubble
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.
- Inflammation and scarring is a shared mechanism for chemical irritants, cryotherapy, laser thermotherapy, and autologous blood injection in the treatment of bleb dysesthesia, overfiltering blebs, and bleb leaks.2008, Lin Her-Shyuan Lin, Adam C, Reynolds, 180: Filtering Blebs and Associated Problems, Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder (editors), Roy and Fraunfelder's...
- 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, Anthony Wells, Tina Wong, Jonathan G. Crowston, 79: Tenon's Cyst Formation, Wound Healing, and Bleb Evaluation: Part A: Tenon's Cyst Formation and Management, Tarek M. Shaawary, Mark B....
Synonyms:

blister
An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.
- Figure 4.20 reveals blebs on the surface of a bacterial cell. In many instances, these blebs are released from the cell into the surrounding media.2005, Larry Barton, Structural and Functional Relationships in Prokaryotes, page 170
- As the bleb grows (the growth time is on order of a minute), the actin cortex starts reassembling beneath the bleb membrane.2013, Louis Foucard, Xavier Espinet, Eduard Benet, Franck J. Vernerey, The Role of the Cortical Membrane in Cell Mechanics: Model and Simulation, Shaofan Li, Dong Qian (editors), Multiscale...
A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another.
- Figure 23. […] The crust is underlain by silty sand, which is loosely cemented by a meshwork of gypsum crystals and contains blebs and small nodules of white ulexite (U).1974, George E. Stoertz, George E. Ericksen, Geology of Salars in Northern Chile, Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, page 32

Verb

bleb (third-person singular simple present blebs, present participle blebbing, simple past and past participle blebbed)

To form, or cause the formation of, blebs.
- And there, while big drops bow the grassy stems, / And bleb the withering hay with pearly gems,/ Dimple the brook, and patter in the leaves, / The song or tale ah hour's restraint relieves.1821, John Clare, “The Cross Roads”, in The Village Minstrel and Other Poems, page 84
- Cells were blebbed by brief exposure (5-20 s) to 2 M NaCl-NaOH (pH 10.0) and then labeled with rhodamine-conjugated Fab fragments.1991, F. Zhang et al., “Lateral diffusion of membrane-spanning and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked proteins”, in Journal of Cell Biology, volume 115

bleb meaning in Tamil and Urdu

bleb in Tamil

கொப்புளம், நீர்க்கொப்புளம், பெருங்கொப்புளம்

bleb in Urdu

آبلہ, چھالا

Synonyms of bleb

Forms of bleb

Noun
plural	blebs
Verb
third-person singular present	blebs
present participle	blebbing
past participle	blebbed
past	blebbed

Origin of bleb

Possibly onomatopoeic, similarly to blob and blubber.

Words formed from bleb

Words that rhyme with bleb

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Questions about bleb

What does bleb mean?: Bleb means a bubble, such as in paint or glass.
What is bleb in Tamil?: Bleb in Tamil is கொப்புளம், நீர்க்கொப்புளம், பெருங்கொப்புளம். See Bleb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bleb?: Bleb can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce bleb?: Bleb is pronounced /blɛb/.
What is the plural of bleb?: The plural of bleb is blebs.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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