papule
(ˈpæpjʊl)
[ad. L. papula; cf. F. papule (1555 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Path. A small, solid, somewhat pointed swelling of the skin, usually inflammatory, without suppuration; a pimple.
| [1857 Mayne has only Papula.] 1864 W. T. Fox Skin Dis. 30 Papules and vesicles may exist in abundance with very little erythema. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., The minute anatomy and pathology of papules are very various. |
2. Zool. and Bot. = papilla 1 b, 2.
| 1872 H. C. Wood Fresh-w. Algæ (1874) 223 Nodules approximate, with their papules applanate. |