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Papula
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Pap′u-la
,Noun.
pl.
Papulæ
(#)
. [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.
(Zool.)
One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
Definition 2024
papula
papula
English
Noun
papula (plural papulae)
- (medicine) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Quain to this entry?)
- (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
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
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
Descendants
- French: papule
References
- papula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- papula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PAPULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “papula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.