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Meaning of suprapapillary in English:

suprapapillary

adjective

Medicine

  • Located or occurring above a papilla, especially the papilla of Vater or a dermal papilla.

Pronunciation

suprapapillary

/ˌsuːprəpəˈpɪləri/ /ˌsuːprəˈpapɪləri/ /ˌsjuːprəpəˈpɪləri/

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in The British Medical Journal.