PAPULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does papule mean? 

• PAPULE (noun)
  The noun PAPULE has 1 sense:

1. a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)

  Familiarity information: PAPULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("papule" is a kind of...):

hickey; pimple; zit (a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "papule"):

papulovesicle; vesicopapule (a papule that changes into a blister)

 Context examples 

They consist of cutaneous papules and nodules (most often in the head and neck).

(Juvenile Xanthogranuloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with cutaneous papules, nodules, and plaques.

(Indeterminate Dendritic Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The papules form plaques covered with telangiectatic vessels.

(Necrobiosis Lipoidica, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Papules may be red, purple, brown, or pink.

(Papule, NCI Dictionary)

Skin eruption consisting of papules and pustules, most often appearing in the face, scalp, and upper trunk.

(Papulopustular Rash, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by discrete, firm, skin-colored, and slightly elevated cutaneous papules, nodules or plaques that may be generalized, or found on the trunk and the extremities.

(Eruptive Collagenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A localized or generalized inflammatory skin disorder characterized by the formation of papules and ring-shaped plaques in the skin.

(Granuloma Annulare, NCI Thesaurus)

Papules of the face and oral mucosa are the most characteristic lesion.

(Cowden syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Benign granulomatous disease of unknown etiology characterized by a ring of localized or disseminated papules or nodules on the skin and palisading histiocytes surrounding necrobiotic tissue resulting from altered collagen structures.

(Granuloma Annulare, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An inflammatory skin disorder of unknown etiology characterized by papules and plaques or scaly patches resembling psoriasis.

(Parapsoriasis, NCI Thesaurus)