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Definitions of papule
  1. noun
    a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
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  • acne an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
  • pimple a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
  • hickey a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
  • zit a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
  • xanthoma disseminatum rare chronic xanthoma of adults in which orange or brownish papules develop on many surfaces of the body
  • cutaneous anthrax a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal
  • malignant pustule a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal
  • herpangia a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time
  • papulovesicle a papule that changes into a blister
  • lichen planus an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs
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