Papilla Definition

pə-pĭlə
papillae
noun
Any small nipplelike projection or process of connective tissue, as the small elevations at the root of a developing tooth, hair, feather, etc. or the many and variously shaped elevations on the surface of the tongue.
Webster's New World
One of the small, round or cone-shaped protuberances on the top of the tongue that contain taste buds.
American Heritage Medicine
The nipple of the breast.
Webster's New World
A tiny, protruding cell.
Webster's New World
A minute projection on the surface of a stigma, petal, or leaf.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Papilla

Noun

Singular:
papilla
Plural:
papill, papillae

Origin of Papilla

  • Latin nipple diminutive of papula swelling, pimple

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin papilla (“nipple").

    From Wiktionary

Papilla Sentence Examples

  • In some cases the region where the penetration of the male organ takes place is indicated on the oosphere by a hyaline receptive spot (Oedogonium, Vaucheria, &c.), or by a receptive papilla consisting of hyaline cytoplasm (Peronosporeae).

  • The vas deferens descends with many undulations down the lateral side of the ureter of the same side, and opens upon a small papilla into the urodaeum.

  • Each renal organ is a sac lined with glandular epithelium (ciliated cell, with concretions) communicating with the exterior by its papilla, and by ce, Cerebral ganglia.

  • It results from this that the horn has the appearance of a mass of agglutinated hairs, which, in the newly growing part at the base, readily fray out on destruction of the softer intermediate substance; but the fibres differ from true hairs in growing from a free papilla of the derm, and not within a follicular involution of the same.

  • If successful, the larva throws off its cilia and develops a dorsal papilla, a median ventral sucker and an additional pair of lateral suckers.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAP

Words Ending With

ALALLA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With A