Meaning of PAPULE
Pronunciation: | | 'papyool
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) |
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| See Also: | | hickey, pimple | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Pap"ule\, n.; pl. {Papules}.
Same as {Papula}.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | A papule is a solid area of skin that is palpable above the surrounding skin and less than 1 cm in diameter. |
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| Related Terms: | | abscess, aposteme, bed sore, blain, bleb, blister, boil, bubo, bulla, bunion, canker, canker sore, carbuncle, chancre, chancroid, chilblain, cold sore, eschar, felon, fester, festering, fever blister, fistula, furuncle, furunculus, gathering, gumboil, hemorrhoids, kibe, lesion, papula, paronychia, parulis, petechia, piles, pimple, pock, polyp, pustule, rising, scab, soft chancre, sore, stigma, sty, suppuration, swelling, tubercle, ulcer, ulceration, wale, welt, wheal, whelk, whitlow, wound |
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