Entry: papular (adj.)
In context: "Or for instance that people addicted to a Substance who abruptly stop ingesting the Substance offer suffer wicked papular acne, often for months afterward, as the accumulations of the Substance slowly leave the body."
Definition: Consisting of papules; of the nature of or bearing papules.
Other: I'm eating a late dinner as I write these, so just a great word to have scheduled. Anyways:
1988 Update 1 Mar. 1877/2 Papular urticaria is the most frequent response to arthropod bites, and is usually described by the patient as ‘heat bumps’.
SNOOT score: 1
Page:200 (!!!)
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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