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Papillary

Definition: Papillary

Papillary

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or resembling papilla.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Papillary \Pap"il*la*ry\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression papillaire.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Papillary

DomainDefinitions

Health

Pertaining to or resembling papilla, or nipple. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Papillary

Synonym: papillose (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Papillary

English words defined with "papillary": papillary muscle, papillary tumor, papillary tumour, Papillous. (references)
Specialty definitions using "papillary": Chordae Tendineae, Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary, Cystadenoma, PapillaryDiabetic NephropathiesEgyptian ophthalmiagranular conjunctivitis, granular ophthalmiaHeart Rupture, hyperkeratosisKidney Papillary Necrosismilitary ophthalmiaOral Surgical Procedures, Preprostheticpapillary dermis, Papillary Muscles, Papillary Stenosis, Proto-Oncogene Protein c-metwar ophthalmia. (references)

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Modern Usage: Papillary

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You have no pulse, your blood pressure's zero-over-zero, you have no papillary response, no reflexes and your temperature is 70 degrees. (The Return of the Living Dead; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Rudy Ricci)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Papillary

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Health

These subtypes include tubular, colloid (mucinous), and papillary types. (references)

Features of regression, including the presence of melanophages, lymphocytes, fibrosis, and vascular ectasia, with absence or degeneration of melanocytes in the papillary dermis, sometimes with no overlying intraepidermal component, may be present. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Papillary

"Papillary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Papillary" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Papillary

Expressions using "papillary": Kidney Papillary Necrosis papillary dermis papillary muscle Papillary Muscles Papillary Stenosis papillary tumor papillary tumour. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Papillary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

papillary carcinoma

29

papillary thyroid cancer

29

papillary cancer

18

papillary

8

papillary muscle

4

necrosis papillary

4

papillary serous

4

papillary stenosis

3

conjunctivitis papillary

3

papillary adenocarcinoma

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Papillary

Language Translations for "papillary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

si puprri. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حليمي. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

с папили, за папила. (various references)

   

Czech

  

papilární (papillose), žákovský (papillose, school). (various references)

   

Danish

  

papillaris, papillar-, papillær-, papillær. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

papillair. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

papillinekroosi (kidney papillary necrosis, papillary necrosis, renal papillary necrosis), papillanekroosi (kidney papillary necrosis, papillary necrosis, renal papillary necrosis), papilläärinen adenokarsinooma (papillary adenocarcinoma, polypoid adenocarcinoma), munuaisnystykuolio (kidney papillary necrosis, papillary necrosis, renal papillary necrosis). (various references)

   

French

  

papillaire. (various references)

   

German

  

papillaris, papillar, papillaer. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θηλώδης, θηλιαίος, θηλωδικός, θηλοειδήσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פטמתי (mamillary, mastoid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szemölcsös (papillate, warty). (various references)

   

Italian

  

papillare. (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheeintagagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apillarypay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

papilar (papillose). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

papilar. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

папиллярный. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bradavičast (papillate, papulous, warty). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

papilar. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

papillformig. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tomura benzer, kabarcıklı (beady, blistered, bubbly, vesicular). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

покритий сосочками, папілярний. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Papillary

Misspellings

"Papillary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pupillare, pupillari. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Papillary"

Words rhyming with "papillary" (pronounced 'Pap"il*la*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Papillary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-p-p-r-y"

-1 letter: papillar.

-2 letters: airplay, papally, papilla, papyral.

-3 letters: apiary, appall, pallia, palpal, papyri, parlay, pillar, piraya, ripply.

-4 letters: alary, aliya, allay, appal, apply, laari, lippy, pally, palpi, papal, pilar, pipal, playa, prill, rally, riyal.

-5 letters: airy, alar, ally, aria, aril, aryl, illy, lair, lari, liar, lily, lipa, lira, pail, pair, pall, palp, paly, papa, para, pial, pill, pily, pipy, play, pray, raia, rail, raya, rial, rill, yill.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-p-p-r-y"
 

+4 letters: participially.

 

+5 letters: apotropaically, epigraphically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Papillary


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 70 69 6C 6C 61 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110000 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#112 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#97 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0070 0069 006C 006C 0061 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

506782757878678491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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