different between papule vs papula

English

Noun

papule (plural papules)

1. A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.

Derived terms

• pearly penile papules

Translations

Anagrams

• upleap

Italian

Noun

papule f

1. plural of papula

Anagrams

• pupale

English

Etymology

Latin papula.

Noun

papula (plural papulae)

1. (medicine) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule.

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2. (zoology) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

Italian

Etymology

Latin papula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.pu.la/
• Rhymes: -apula

Noun

papula f (plural papule)

1. (pathology) papule

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pa.pu.la/, [?päp???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pa.pu.la/, [?p??pul?]

Noun

papula f (genitive papulae); first declension

1. (medicine) pustule, pimple
2. mote

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• papilla

Descendants

• French: papule
• Sicilian: pàpula

References

• papula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• papula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette