Papulopustule

Quick meaning: Papulopustule is a noun meaning (medicine) A small, raised, semisolid skin lesion, representing an intermediate stage between a papule and a pustule.

Meaning

(medicine) A small, raised, semisolid skin lesion, representing an intermediate stage between a papule and a pustule.

Example Sentences

The primary lesion appears to be a papulopustule which affects the follicle.

Pyoderma gangrenosum begins as a small papulopustule that expands to form nodules and plaques.

An old closed comedo has been shattered at various points along the epithelial lining and is now a papulopustule.

The most common of the eruptive symptoms induced are papulopustule lesions usually discrete, rarely confluent, seen on the face, neck, shoulders, and upper extremities.

Word Forms

• papulopustules

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include papulovesicle, pustule, papula, polyp, papilla, phlyzacium.

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