papule

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While most people do develop skin lesions, many reported having only a single papule that was often obscured inside a mucosal area, such as inside the mouth, throat or rectum, making it easier to miss.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

The secondary stage commences about a fortnight after the papule has healed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

On the second or third day after vaccination a red papule appears which soon grows larger, and, after five or six days, it becomes filled with a watery fluid.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

A red papule, becoming a vesicle and then a pustule; surrounded by a broad red area.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

This may take the form of "a large, indurated, reddish papule" which in a pew days become of a dark, bluish-red colour; or the inflammation may be of a severer type, resulting in a "pustule."

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert