Definition of Papilliform

1. Adjective. Shaped like a papilla.

Partainyms: Papilla

Definition of Papilliform

1. a. Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.

Definition of Papilliform

1. Adjective. Shaped like a papilla. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Papilliform

1. Resembling or shaped like a papilla. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Papilliform

papillary muscle
papillary muscle dysfunction
papillary muscle syndrome
papillary muscles
papillary necrosis
papillary process
papillary stasis
papillary tumor
papillary tumour
papillate
papillectomies
papillectomy
papilledema
papilledemas
papilliferous
papilliform (current term)
papillitis
papillo-
papilloadenocystoma
papillocarcinoma
papilloedema
papilloedemas
papilloma
papilloma acuminatum
papilloma canaliculum
papilloma diffusum
papilloma durum
papilloma inguinale tropicum
papilloma venereum

Literary usage of Papilliform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book on Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat by Charles Henry Burnett (1901)
"The tunica propria is of unequal thickness in the semicircular canals, but in the utriculus it is of uniform as well as great tenuity. The papilliform ..."

2. Index of 1180 post-mortems of the insane: State Hospital for the Insane by Henry J. Sommer, Allen John Smith (1908)
"... ependyma papilliform; cerebral edema and softening; cortical atrophy; ... cerebral atheroma; dilated lateral ventricles; ependyma papilliform; ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1891)
"... of three uniform papilliform granules. These granules are usually regularly placed as above described, but occasionally a little irregularity occurs. ..."

4. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"Each papilliform body is lodged in a cup-like cavity, and may, ... The papilliform vesicles, which constitute the essential part of the glands, ..."

5. Journal of Mycology by William Ashbrook Kellerman, Job Bicknell Ellis, Benjamin Matlack Everhart (1902)
"... in patches f mm. in extent, or thickly scattered, globose, brownish-black, about ^ mm. diam., with a papilliform ..."

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