Meaning & use
bulla
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A round seal, especially one attached to an official document such as a papal decree, or a large, fluid-filled blister on the skin.
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The historian examined the wax bulla still attached to the medieval charter.
The burn left a large bulla on his forearm that took weeks to heal.
A note on using this word
The historical seal sense gives us the word 'bull' for a papal decree (a 'papal bull'); the medical sense refers to a blister larger than about half an inch across.
Words with a similar meaning
sealblister
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