the small projection of tissue at the base of a hair, tooth, or feather
2.
any other similar protuberance
3.
any minute blunt hair or process occurring in plants
Derived forms
papillary (paˈpillary) or papillar (paˈpillar) or papillate (ˈpapillate) or papillose (ˈpapillose)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Latin: nipple; related to Latin papula pimple
Examples of 'papillar' in a sentence
papillar
They may be papillar or tubular.
Čolović Radoje, Grubor Nikica, Radak Vladimir, Micev Marjan, Čolović Nataša, StojkovićMirjana 2006, 'Tubular adenoma of the gallbladder with squamous metaplasia', Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvohttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2006/0370-81790604159C.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Present at the anteroventral part of the cephalothorax was an oral opening with a large, conspicuous, head-like papillar structure.
Sven Nikander, Seppo Saari 2009, 'A SEM study of the reindeer sinus worm (Linguatula arctica)', Rangiferhttps://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/197. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microvilli protrude in multiple patches at the apical tip of the papilla covering ∼0.5% of the papillar surface area.
Carla J. L. Atkinson, Kyle J. Martin, Gareth J. Fraser, Shaun P. Collin 2016, 'Morphology and distribution of taste papillae and oral denticles in the developingoropharyngeal cavity of the bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum', Biology Openhttp://bio.biologists.org/content/5/12/1759. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)