phlyctena noun. [flɪk'ti:nǝ] Pl. -nae [-ni:]. Also Anglicized as phlycten ['flɪktǝn]. L17.
[mod. Latin from Greek phluktaina blister, from phluein, phluzein swell.]
Medicine. A small inflamed nodule or vesicle on the conjunctiva or cornea. Formerly also, a pimple or boil on the skin.

■ phlyctenular [-'tɛn-] adjective pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by phlyctenae M19.

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