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papilla

/puh-pil-uh/US // pəˈpɪl ə //UK // (pəˈpɪlə) //

乳头,乳头部,乳头瘤,乳头状突起

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pa·pil·lae [puh-pil-ee]. /pəˈpɪl i/.

    • : any small, nipplelike process or projection.
    • : one of certain small protuberances concerned with the senses of touch, taste, and smell: the papillae of the tongue.
    • : a small vascular process at the root of a hair.
    • : a papule or pimple.

Examples

  • Each Wolffian duct ends blindly in front, and the two unite behind to open by a common papilla into the cloaca.

  • Papillif′erous, papillate: bearing one or more fleshy excrescences; Papill′iform, like a papilla in form.

  • In case of failure to destroy an individual papilla, should a second attempt be made at the same sitting?

  • A short time after the appearance of the vacuoles the entire conidium extends itself so that the papilla disappears.

  • A highly vascular dermal papilla projects into the base of the hair.