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PAPILLA (papillae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does papilla mean?
• PAPILLA (noun)
The noun PAPILLA has 3 senses:
1. (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
2. a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
3. a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
Familiarity information: PAPILLA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("papilla" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Context example:
the papillae of the tongue
Hypernyms ("papilla" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("papilla" is a part of...):
receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
Derivation:
papillary (of or relating to or resembling papilla)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("papilla" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Derivation:
papillary (of or relating to or resembling papilla)
Context examples
A papillary neoplasm of the urinary bladder in which the transitional cells form papillae.
(Bladder Papillary Urothelial Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential, NCI Thesaurus)
The papillae are lined by plump endothelial cells.
(Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
A pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that form tall papillae, similar to those that are present in colonic villous adenomas.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, Intestinal-Type, NCI Thesaurus)
Of or relating to or resembling papilla.
(Papillary, NCI Thesaurus)
Frequently luminal protrusions are observed, sometimes forming papillae.
(Airway Epithelial Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A rare variant of ependymoma characterized by well formed papillae.
(Papillary Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
It is characterized by the formation of papillae, covered by a single layer of blunt mesothelial cells.
(Peritoneal Well Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Variant of Ependymoma characterized by well formed papillae.
(Mouse Papillary Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that form thin-branching papillae and exhibit high grade dysplasia.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, Pancreatobiliary-Type, NCI Thesaurus)
The neoplastic columnar mucin-producing epithelial cells form papillae with irregular branching and budding.
(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
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