Papule

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  • noun. A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A papula or pimple.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as papula.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on skin; similar in appearance to a pimple, without containing pus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
    • Word Usage
    "According to WIkipedia a "nodule" can be: "a small knobbly rock or mineral cluster, such as a manganese nodule; a small aggregation of cells; a lesion similar to a papule; or Root nodule, an outgrowth formed on the roots of legumes that house symbiotic bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and provide it to the plant in exchange for carbon.""
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hickey  pimple  zit  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    papulovesicle  vesicopapule  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adenomas  begirt  blain  bulla  quean  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abscess  aposteme  bed sore  blain  bleb  
    variant
    papula  
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