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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pap-yool
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæp yul

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Définition of papules

Origin :
  • 1864, from Latin papula "pustule, pimple, swelling" (see pap (n.2)). Related: Papular.
  • As in pimple : noun small swelling on the skin
  • As in zit : noun pimple
Example sentences :
  • Lupus erythematosus has no papules, tubercles or ulceration.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • There may be but four or five of these papules; rarely are there more than twenty.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • It causes much irritation, with the eruption of papules or vesicles and the formation of sores and scabs.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • Sometimes the papules are capped with a small vesicle (vesicular urticaria).
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The papules are usually pea-sized, flattened, and of a dark red or violaceous color.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • In some instances, not more than five or ten papules and pustules are present at one time; in others they may be numerous.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • What modifications do the papules of the large-papular syphiloderm sometimes undergo?
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The papules become somewhat flattened and are covered with dry, grayish or dirty-gray, somewhat adherent scales.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The lesions are but slightly elevated, and seem to partake of the nature of both macules and papules.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The papules are elevated and pointed, with a small zone of bright redness of the skin round the base of each.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton
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