
PAPULA: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Matching Terms: | | Papular, papule, Papulose, papulosquamous lesion, Papulous
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pap"u*la\, n.; pl. {Papul[ae]}. [L.]
1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of
the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated
secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. --Quain.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of
the integument between the plates of starfishes.
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