Usually means: Small, nipple-like anatomical projections.
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  1. papillary: Merriam-Webster
  2. papillary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. papillary: Collins English Dictionary
  4. papillary: Vocabulary.com
  5. papillary: Wordnik
  6. papillary: Wiktionary
  7. papillary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. papillary: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. papillary: Dictionary.com
  10. Papillary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. papillary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. papillary: Rhymezone
  13. Papillary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. papillary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. papillary: FreeDictionary.org
  16. papillary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Papillary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. papillary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. papillary: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. papillary: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (papillary)

▸ adjective:  Having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).

Similar:
papillar, papular, nipplelike, papillous, papuloid, mammillary, papulated, papuliferous, papulotranslucent, nipply, more...

Opposite:
non-papillary, acellular, smooth, flat, featureless

Types:
simple, compound, branched, mixed, dermal, acrocentric, more...

Phrases:
papillary muscle, papillary muscles, papillary carcinoma, papillary necrosis, papillary dermis, more...

Adjectives:
renal, giant, mixed, differentiated, serous, metastatic, human, superficial, small, grade, tubular

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Similar:
papillar, papular, nipplelike, papillous, papuloid, mammillary, papulated, papuliferous, papulotranslucent, nipply, more...

Opposite:
non-papillary, acellular, smooth, flat, featureless

Types:
simple, compound, branched, mixed, dermal, acrocentric, more...

Phrases:
papillary muscle, papillary muscles, papillary carcinoma, papillary necrosis, papillary dermis, papillary layer, papillary adenocarcinoma, papillary cystadenoma, papillary hyperplasia, papillary cancer, more...

Adjectives:
renal, giant, mixed, differentiated, serous, metastatic, human, superficial, small, grade, tubular

Colors:
    pink,     red,     white,     yellow,     orange, more...



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