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Papule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small, solid, usually inflammatory elevation of the skin that does not contain pus.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on skin; similar in appearance to a pimple, without containing pus.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Same as papula.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A papula or pimple.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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 zit pimple

Variant

papula

Hyponym

papulovesicle vesicopapule

Form

pearly penile papules

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pimple

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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