papula

 [pap-yuh-luh]  

pap·u·la

   [pap-yuh-luh]
noun, plural pap·u·lae  [-lee] .
one of the small, ciliated projections of the body wall of an echinoderm, serving for respiration and excretion.
Origin:
1700–10; < Neo-Latin, Latin: pimple, pustule. See papule
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papule or papula (ˈpæpjuːl, ˈpæpjʊlə)
 
—n , pl -ules, -ulae
pathol a small solid usually round elevation of the skin
 
[C19: from Latin papula pustule, pimple]
 
papula or papula (ˈpæpjuːl, ˈpæpjʊlə, -jʊˌliː)
 
—n
 
[C19: from Latin papula pustule, pimple]
 
'papular or papula
 
—adj
 
papu'liferous or papula
 
—adj

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