‖ papula
(ˈpæpjʊlə)
Pl. -æ.
[L., = pustule, pimple, in form a dim. of *papa, app. from a root pap- to swell.]
1. Path. = papule 1.
| 1706 Phillips, Papula, a Swelling with many reddish Pimples that eat and spread. 1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 22 The papulæ remain, a hair plainly seen in the centre of each. 1876 Duhring Dis. Skin 41 Papulæ are circumscribed, solid elevations of the skin, varying in size from a pin-head to a split pea. |
2. Zool. and Bot. = papule 2.
| 1857 [see papuliferous]. 1870 Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) 58 Those with one secreting cell placed above the level of the epidermis are frequently termed papulæ or papillæ. |