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PAPULE
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I. (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:
A disorder characterized by an eruption of papules and pustules, typically appearing in face, scalp, upper chest and back.
(Acneiform Dermatitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
An inflammatory process of the sebaceous glands which is characterized by comedones, nodules, papules and/or pustules on the skin.
(Acne, NCI Thesaurus)
The early lesions consist of papules and erythematous plaques.
(Pinta, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the development of yellow-brown keratotic skin papules in the neck, ears, forehead, chest, back and groin.
(Darier Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
It presents as a flesh-colored, hyperhidrotic, painful papule or plaque appearing at birth or during childhood.
(Eccrine Angiomatous Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients usually present with papules or nodular lesions.
(Cutaneous Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by numerous flesh-colored warty papules on the back of the hands, medial aspect of the feet, knees, and elbows.
(Acrokeratosis Verruciformis, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare cutaneous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of reddish-orange scaly plaques, palmoplantar keratoderma, keratotic follicular papules, and confluent erythematous areas with areas of normal skin between the lesions.
(Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris, NCI Thesaurus)
A chronic, atrophic skin disease characterized by white, angular, flat, well-defined, indurated papules with an erythematous halo and follicular, black, keratotic plugs.
(Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by raised, edematous papules in the extremities; involvement of one or more mucous membranes; and epidermal detachment involving less than ten percent of the total body surface area.
(Erythema Multiforme Major, NCI Thesaurus)
