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Papula

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pap·ule  (ppyl) also pap·u·la (-y-l)
n. pl. pap·ules also pap·u·lae (-y-l)
A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus.

[Latin papula.]

papu·lar (-y-lr) adj.


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A papula had developed near his right knee in 1992 after a wood splinter had penetrated the skin.
The EIR stated that one subject experienced a papula rash on the back of her hand, but that the application of a topical corticosteroid resolved the rash.
There are condemnations of the annexation of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights but silence on the annexation of East Timor; condemnations of apartheid but silence on the plight of the Melanesian people of West Papula.
 
 
 
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