papula
English
Etymology
Latin papula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæpjʊlə/
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.
- 1847, "Positive Nosology. By V. Lanza. Vols. Ill and IV", in British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review
- Dr. Lanza stating that in Naples it is observed as an acute febrile disease, of which the papulae, pustules, and ulceration of the mouth are the sole pathognomonic signs, or anatomical character.
- 1847, "Positive Nosology. By V. Lanza. Vols. Ill and IV", in British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review
- (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
References
- papula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin papula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/
- Rhymes: -apula
- Hyphenation: pà‧pu‧la
Noun
papula f (plural papule)
- (pathology) papule
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäpʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäːpulä]
Noun
papula f (genitive papulae); first declension
- (medicine) pustule, pimple
- mote
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | papula | papulae |
Genitive | papulae | papulārum |
Dative | papulae | papulīs |
Accusative | papulam | papulās |
Ablative | papulā | papulīs |
Vocative | papula | papulae |
Derived terms
- papilla
Descendants
- French: papule
- →⇒ Old English: piplian, pipliġan, pypylġan
- Middle English: *pipilȝen
- ⇒ Middle English: pipilȝende
- Middle English: *pipilȝen
- → Portuguese: pápula (learned)
- Sicilian: pàpula
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- papula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette