Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as papulose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Covered with papules.
  • adjective (Med.) Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of a shape similar to a papule.
  • adjective Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules.

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Examples

  • It is worth noting that a condition called papular urticaria can often be confused with insect bites, since it can resemble a number of insect bites in a small area.

    unknown title 2009

  • It is worth noting that a condition called papular urticaria can often be confused with insect bites, since it can resemble a number of insect bites in a small area.

    unknown title 2009

  • It can generate mild flushing, persistent redness, or the more severe papular kind of acne rosacea with bumpy pimples and sometimes thickening of the skin rhinophyma.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Finacea is used for the papular, bumpy kind of rosacea, but it can be too strong for some people.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • It can generate mild flushing, persistent redness, or the more severe papular kind of acne rosacea with bumpy pimples and sometimes thickening of the skin rhinophyma.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • It can generate mild flushing, persistent redness, or the more severe papular kind of acne rosacea with bumpy pimples and sometimes thickening of the skin rhinophyma.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Finacea is used for the papular, bumpy kind of rosacea, but it can be too strong for some people.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • Finacea is used for the papular, bumpy kind of rosacea, but it can be too strong for some people.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • From an experience in the treatment of thirty cases of different kinds -- viz., obstinate circumscribed moist patches on the hands and arms, intensely itching papular eczema of the flexures and face, infantile moist eczemas, etc. -- he recommends the following procedure.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various

  • For moist eczema weaker preparations (20 to 30 per cent. decreased to 10 per cent.) must be used than for the papular condition (50 per cent. reduced to 20 per cent.), and the hand, for example, will require a stronger application than the face, and children a weaker one than adults; but ichthyol may be used in any strength from a 5 per cent. to a 40 to 50 per cent. application or undiluted.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various

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  • Not to be confused with popular.

    August 23, 2008