papula
English edit
Etymology edit
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papula (plural papulae or papulas)
- (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.
- (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
References edit
- “papula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian edit
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papula f (plural papule)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäpʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäːpulä]
Noun edit
papula f (genitive papulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | papula | papulae |
Genitive | papulae | papulārum |
Dative | papulae | papulīs |
Accusative | papulam | papulās |
Ablative | papulā | papulīs |
Vocative | papula | papulae |
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Descendants edit
- French: papule
- →⇒ Old English: piplian, pipliġan, pypylġan
- Middle English: *pipilȝen
- ⇒ Middle English: pipilȝende
- Middle English: *pipilȝen
- → Portuguese: pápula (learned)
- Sicilian: pàpula
References edit
- “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.