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small pimple, a nipple), the 

 minute elevations found on the 

 tongue, the palm, or the surface 

 of the fingers, etc., being the 

 terminations of the nerves, pro- 

 ducing the sense of taste and 

 feeling ; a minute soft prominence; 

 in bot., soft, superficial glands : 

 papillary, a., pdp'-il-lar-i, pert. 

 to a nipple, or to the papilla? : 

 papillate, a., pap-U'ldt, also 

 papillose, a., pdp f -il'loz f , in bot., 

 covered with fleshy dots or points, 

 as the stems of certain plants ; 

 warty : papillated, a., pap'-il- 

 Idl-ed, same sense as preceding ; 

 covered with small nipple-like 

 prominences. 



papilloma, n., pap'-il-lornf-d, pap- 

 Ulomata, n. ip].\jL.,pap'U'ldm'at-d 

 (a new L. formation from pap- 

 illa, a teat or nipple), papillary 

 growths, also called epidermic 

 and epithelial tumours, from their 

 seat in the body, which constitute 

 a well-marked class of new forma- 

 tions, of which warts and callosities 

 of the skin are minor instances. 



pappus, n., pdp'-pus (Gr. pappos, 

 L. pappus, the woolly, hairy seeds 

 of certain plants), in bot., the 

 hairs at the summit of the ovary 

 or achene in Composite, consist- 

 ing of the altered calyx ; the 

 feathery crown on many single- 

 seeded seed - vessels : pappose, 

 a., pdp-poz', downy, as the 

 ripened seeds of the thistle, the 

 dandelion, etc. 



papula, n., pdp'-ul-d, papulae, n. 

 plu., pap'-ul'e (L. papula, a 

 pimple), a pimple ; a solid eleva- 

 tion of the true skin of minute 

 size: papule, n., pap'-ul, papules, 

 n. plu., pdp f -ulz, same as preced- 

 ing ; any small pimple : papular, 

 a., pap'-ul-dr, also papulous, a., 

 pdp'-ul'&s, covered with papulae 

 or pimples ; pimply. 

 papyraceous, a., ptip'-fr-d'-shtia 

 (L. papyrus, Gr. papuros, the 

 paper plant), in bot., paper-like 

 in texture. 



paracentesis, n., par'- d' sent -ez'-is 

 (Gr. para, side by side ; kented, 

 I pierce), the operation or art of 

 perforating a part of the body to 

 allow the escape of a fluid, usually 

 called * tapping ' : paracentesis 

 abdominis, ob-dom'-in-is (L. ab- 

 domen, the belly, abdommis, of 

 the belly), the paracentesis of the 

 abdomen ; the operation of tap- 

 ping the abdomen : paracentesis 

 thoracis, thor-ds'is (L. thorax, 

 the breast, the chest, thordcis, of 

 the chest), the operation of tap- 

 ping the chest. 



paraglobulin, n., par'-a-gldttul' 

 in (Gr. para, beside, close to ; 

 and Eng. globulin), a substance 

 derived from the cellular struc- 

 tures of the body ; a form of 

 globulin. 



paralysis, n., par-dV-is-is (Gr. par- 

 almis, a loosening at the side, 



rlsy from para, beside ; luso, 

 shall loose), a loss of motion, 

 or sensation, or both, depending 

 on central or local disease ; it is 

 local or general, partial or com- 

 plete, and includes hcemiplegia, 

 a paralysis affecting one lateral 

 half of the body, while paraplegia 

 means paralysis affecting the body 

 transversely, and may involve 

 all four extremities : locomotor 

 ataxy, a form of disease causing 

 in-coordination of movement, and 

 depending upon sclerosis of the 

 posterior column of the spinal 

 cord : see ' motor ataxy ' : par- 

 alysis agitans, ddf-tt-dnz (L. 

 agitans, putting in motion), 

 shaking palsy. 



paralytic, a., par'-dl-it'-iJc, affected 

 with, or inclined to, paralysis. 



parametritis, n., par'-a-met-rit'-is 

 (Gr. par a, beside ; metrd, the 

 womb), inflammation by the 

 side of the uterus, that is, in- 

 flammation of the sub -peritoneal 

 connective tissue. 



paranemata, n. plu., par'-a-ribm'* 

 dt-d (Gr. para, beside, close to , 

 nema, a thread, nemtita, threads), 



