Other Word Forms
- interpapillary adjective
Etymology
Origin of papillary
1660–70; < Latin papill ( a ) nipple + -ary
Example Sentences
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The early indication was that she had papillary thyroid cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
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
Last year, Lugo shared with her followers that she was diagnosed with stage 2 papillary thyroid cancer.
From Fox News
Sixteen days after my beloved dad died last year, I ended up in the emergency room with what turned out to be papillary carcinoma, one of five kinds of thyroid cancer.
From Washington Post
She had something known as a papillary fibroelastoma — an extremely rare but benign mass that usually grows at the edge of the valves in the heart.
From New York Times
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