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Papule

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papule [′pap·yül]
(medicine)
A solid circumscribed elevation of the skin varying from less than 0.1 to 1 centimeter in diameter.
Papule 

a nodular elevation of the skin; an element of a skin rash. Papules accompany certain diseases of the skin and mucous membranes. They occur in different sizes, colors, and consistencies; in shape they may be conical, hemispheric, or flat. Inflammatory papules indicate the presence in the skin of an infiltrate, as in syphilis. An example of noninflammatory papules is the thickening of the epidermis in warts.
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Papules - The papule is a small, solid regularly inflammatory distance from the ground of the skin that does not contain pus.
Why Is Acne Such a Prevalent Skin Disease by Semul Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community
A Papule is when the wall of the blocked follicle breaks (inside the skin, not at the surface) and white blood cells rush in and a Pustule is the Papule several days later when the white blood cells make their way to the surface of the skin (commonly called a "zit" or "pimple").
Instant Acne Remedy by Luke Brown / Health, general community
A papule happens when there is so much blockage that the follicle wall ruptures.
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