papula

From Latin papula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæpjʊlə/

papula (plural papulae or papulas)

1. (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.

2. (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

• “papula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• papule (rare)

From papat +‎ -ula.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapula]

• Hyphenation: pa‧pu‧la

papula f

1. (expressive) a person's mouth

   Synonym: (neutral) ústa

   Zavři tu papulu! ― Shut your mouth!

2. (medicine) a spot, pimple

   Synonym: pupínek

• “papula”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “papula”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “papula”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin papula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/
• Rhymes: -apula
• Hyphenation: pà‧pu‧la

papula f (plural papule)

1. (pathology) papule

From Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.pʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.pu.la]

papula f (genitive papulae); first declension

1. (medicine) pustule, pimple
2. mote

First-declension noun.

• papilla

• → French: papule (learned)
• → Italian: papula (learned)
• → Portuguese: pápula (learned)
• → Sicilian: pàpula (learned)
• → Spanish: pápula (learned)
• →⇒ Old English: piplian, pipliġan, pypylġan
  • Middle English: *pipilȝen
    • ⇒ Middle English: pipilȝende

• “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.