Papilla

[pə'pɪlə]

Definition

(noun.) a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather.

(noun.) a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; 'the papillae of the tongue'.

(noun.) (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf.

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Definition

(n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.

Checker: Wade

Definition

n. one of the minute elevations on the skin esp. on the upper surface of the tongue and on the tips of the fingers and in which the nerves terminate: (bot.) a nipple-like protuberance:—pl. Papill′?/span>.—adjs. Pap′illar Pap′illary like a papilla provided with papill? Pap′illāte formed into a papilla studded with papill?—v.i. and v.t. to become a papilla to cover with such.—adjs. Papillif′erous papillate: bearing one or more fleshy excrescences; Papill′iform like a papilla in form.—ns. Papillī′tis inflammation of the optic papilla; Papillō′ma a tumour formed by the hypertrophy of one papilla or of several including warts corns &c.—adjs. Papillom′atous; Pap′illōse full of papill? warty—also Pap′illous; Papill′ūlate finely papillose.—n. Pap′illūle a very small papilla a verruca or a variole.

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