papillary
IPA: pˈæpʌɫɛri
adjective
- Having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).
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Examples of "papillary" in Sentences
- The doctor had me come in to explain it was a benign papillary lesion.
- The problem is when they removed my lump, they thought it was a papillary lesion so they didn't remove the recommended margin.
- After having removed Mrs. Kirchner's thyroid gland Wednesday to eliminate a cancer called papillary carcinoma, her doctors revealed on Saturday that she didn't have the disease after all.
- McDonald's lab group is now conducting a larger trial with 500 patients to test for other types of ovarian cancer, beyond the so-called papillary serous ovarian carcinoma, which was tested in this trial.
- New findings shows that a non-clear cell form of kidney cancer known as papillary RCC, which accounts for 12 percent of all RCC, responds differently to sunitinib - a standard frontline treatment for RCC.
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