Papilla

pa-pil′a, n. one of the minute elevations on the skin, esp. on the upper surface of the tongue and on the tips of the fingers, and in which the nerves terminate: ( bot. ) a nipple-like protuberance:— pl. Papill′æ .— adjs. Pap′illar , Pap′illary , like a papilla, provided with papillæ; Pap′illāte , formed into a papilla, studded with papillæ.— v.i. and v.t. to become a papilla, to cover with such.— adjs. Papillif′erous , papillate: bearing one or more fleshy excrescences; Papill′iform , like a papilla in form.— ns. Papillī′tis , inflammation of the optic papilla; Papillō′ma , a tumour formed by the hypertrophy of one papilla, or of several, including warts, corns, .— adjs. Papillom′atous ; Pap′illōse , full of papillæ, warty—also Pap′illous ; Papill′ūlate , finely papillose.— n. Pap′illūle , a very small papilla, a verruca or a variole. [L., a small pustule, dim. of papula .]