papule
noun
a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
papular
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a word derived from
papule.
Example Sentences
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Injustice and hardship would develop to such an extent as to incite papular dissatisfaction and create distrust toward governmental orders and programs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some instances, more particularly in sluggish papular acne, arsenic, especially the sulphide of arsenic, acts favorably.
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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Treatment.—In papular eruption first remove the cause, then apply the same general remedies as for simple congestion.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The stages of the eruption, as regards its appearance, may be very properly called papular, vesicular, and pustular.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
It consists of a more or less generalized, disseminated or grouped, millet-seed-sized, acuminated pustules, usually seated upon dull-red, papular elevations.
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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon
