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papillary, a.|ˈpæpɪlərɪ, pəˈpɪlərɪ|
[f. L. papilla (see above) + -ary; cf. F. papillaire (1690 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of the form or nature of a papilla; containing, furnished with, or consisting of papillæ; of, pertaining to, or affecting papillæ.
papillary body: the papillary layer of the skin. papillary muscles: bundles of muscular fibre springing from the walls of the ventricles of the heart and attached to the chordæ tendineæ.
1667Phil. Trans. II. 492 Concerning the Tongue, the same Author [Malpighi] has discovered in it many little Eminences, which he calls Papillary. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. v. (1727) 140 note, The outward Cover of the Tongue..under which lie papillary Parts. 1886Fagge & Pye-Smith Princ. Med. (ed. 2) II. 613 The papillary layer of the cutis. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 847 Irregular contraction of the papillary muscles.
b. Bot. Of the nature of a papilla (sense 2).
1874Lubbock Wild Flowers iii. 54 The papillary edge of the summit of the pistil is the stigma. |