papula

English

Etymology

Latin papula (“mole”).

Noun

papula (plural papulae)

  1. (medicine) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
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  2. (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for papula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Etymology

Latin.

Noun

papula f (plural papule)

  1. (pathology) papule

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpa.pʊ.ɫa]

Noun

papula f (genitive papulae); first declension

  1. (medicine) pustule, pimple
  2. mote

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative papula papulae
genitive papulae papulārum
dative papulae papulīs
accusative papulam papulās
ablative papulā papulīs
vocative papula papulae

Derived terms

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References

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