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Webster 1913 Edition
Papula
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Pap′u-la
,Noun.
pl.
Papulæ
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. [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.