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papulous

papulous adjective: papillose.

Adjective

papulous (comparative more papulous, superlative most papulous)

  1. papillose

Forms of papulous

comparativemore papulous
superlativemost papulous

Origin of papulous

From papule + -ous.

Questions about papulous

What does papulous mean?
Papulous means papillose.
What part of speech is papulous?
Papulous is an adjective.

Words near papulous in the dictionary

  1. papulose
  2. papulosis
  3. papulosisis
  4. papulosquamous
  5. papulotranslucent
  6. papulous
  7. papulovesicle
  8. papulovesicles
  9. papulovesicular
  10. Papum Pare
  11. Papuo-

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