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What (who) is Papilla - definition
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Papillae; Papillary; Papillæ; Papilary; Papilla (disambiguation)
Papilla
·noun Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue.
papilla
[p?'p?l?]
¦ noun (plural papillae -li:)
1. a small rounded protuberance on a part or organ of the body.
2. a small fleshy projection on a plant.
Derivatives
papillary adjective
papillate 'pap?le?t, p?'p?l?t adjective
papillose 'pap?l??s adjective
Origin
C17: from L., lit. 'nipple', dimin. of papula 'small protuberance'.
Papillary
·adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose.
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Papilla
Papilla (Latin, 'nipple') or papillae may refer to:
Examples of use of Papilla
1. The treatment centres around tiny scalp cells called dermal papilla cells.
2. The sample is then taken to the lab, where the dermal papilla cells are separated out and coaxed into multiplying in flasks.
3. It was this fund that awarded Intercytex the 1.85million to develop a robotic system capable of making dermal papilla cells, the main cells involved in hair regeneration, on a commercial scale.
4. British company Intercytex is developing a technique involving taking a tiny sample of skin from the head and using it to mass produce dermal papilla – the cells which have already matured into hair–growing factories.
5. A biotechnology firm based in Cambridge and Manchester has tested the technique and is now working on a robotic system for growing the dermal papilla cells and then injecting them back on to the scalp to induce new growth.