PUCKERED
\pˈʌkəd], \pˈʌkəd], \p_ˈʌ_k_ə_d]\
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(used of the skin of the face) contracted into wrinkles; "a puckered-up mouth waiting to be kissed"; "her mischievous puckered nose"
By Princeton University
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exudative diathesis
- A predisposition to interstitial subcutaneous serous or fibrinous infiltrations; subjects suffer from swollen lymph nodes, thickening of tongue, pruritus, seborrhea, gastric and cardiac crises; the condition is aggravated by pilocarpine, but favorably affected atropine adrenalin.