papula

English

Etymology

Latin papula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæpjʊlə/

Noun

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.

References

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin papula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papula f (plural papule)

1. (pathology) papule

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäpʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pu.la/, [ˈpäːpulä]

Noun

papula f (genitive papulae); first declension

1. (medicine) pustule, pimple
2. 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
• → 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.