单词 | papilla |
释义 | papilla —papillar /pap"euh leuhr, peuh pil"euhr/, adj. /peuh pil"euh/, n. , pl. papillae /-pil"ee/. 1. any small, nipplelike process or projection. 2. one of certain small protuberances concerned with the senses of touch, taste, and smell: the papillae of the tongue. 3. a small vascular process at the root of a hair. 4. a papule or pimple. [1400-50; late ME < L: nipple, teat, dim. of papula pimple. See PAP2] |
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