Definitions for papillary

papillary pap·il·lar·y

Spelling: [pap-uh-ler-ee, puh-pil-
IPA: /ˈpæp əˌlɛr i, pəˈpɪl ə ri/

Papillary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in papillary (aaillppry).

Definitions for papillary

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a papilla or papillae.
  2. having or covered with papillae.

Origin of papillary

1660-70; Latin papill(a) nipple + -ary

Examples for papillary

This condition is found usually in the subepidermal layers, especially in the papillary stratum.

Alix in 18678 wrote on the papillary lines of hand and foot in Zoologie, vols.

A wart consists of both epidermic and papillary hypertrophy, the interior of the growth containing a vascular loop.

Before either of these appeared, a minute papillary process of vascular pulp was formed in a cavity of the jaw.

Anatomically the essential feature is epidermic hypertrophy, with usually a varying degree of papillary hypertrophy also.

The inner surface is applied directly to the papillary layer of the true skin, and follows closely its inequalities.

The papillomatous type usually arises from the superficial or deep-seated variety, or it may begin as a papillary or warty growth.

Eczema verrucosum presents similar conditions, but, in addition, displays a tendency to papillary or wart-like hypertrophy.

In exceptional instances exuberant granulations appear— lupus hypertrophicus; or papillary outgrowths are noted—lupus verrucosus.

Eruption fine and papillary on face; red and scarcely raised on arms.

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