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Where does “papula” come from?

papula (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European pap- — pock mark, nipple.

papula (Latin): pustule, pimple; mote

Definitions

  1. pustule, pimple; mote

Ancestry of “papula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpap-pock mark, nipple

Words derived from “papula”

  • papillary
  • papilla
  • papillomavirus
  • papilloma
  • papillomatosis
  • papillitis
  • peripapillary
  • micropapillary
  • pseudopapillary
  • papillotomy
  • papula
  • papillate
  • myxopapillary
  • papilliform
  • juxtapapillary
  • papillar
  • parapapillary
  • subpapillary
  • fibropapillomatosis
  • nonpapillary
  • interpapillary
  • fibropapilloma
  • intrapapillary
  • circumpapillary
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