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Origin of papillary
1660–70; < Latin papill ( a ) nipple + -ary
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Tests revealed that Clough had anaplastic thyroid cancer, a far more aggressive form than papillary.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024
The early indication was that she had papillary thyroid cancer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2024
Diagnosed in 2013 with serous papillary uterine cancer, a rare and aggressive variety, I went through the full “cut poison burn” treatment of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2022
They connect each of the flaps to a papillary muscle that extends from the inferior ventricular surface.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Verruca, or wart, is a hard or soft, rounded, flat, acuminated or filiform, circumscribed epidermal and papillary growth.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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