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papilliform

[ puh-pil-uh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. resembling a papilla.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of papilliform1

First recorded in 1820–30; papill(a) + -i- + -form
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Example Sentences

The body is pyriform, broadly truncate on the anterior end, in the middle of which rises a papilliform process (Schnabel).

The superior margin of the latter is not a plain ring, but sends upward a papilliform projection on each side.

These spines are at first papilliform, then elongated and round.

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