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FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE

\fˈʌŋɡɪfˌɔːm pˈapɪlˌiː], \fˈʌŋɡɪfˌɔːm pˈapɪlˌiː], \f_ˈʌ_ŋ_ɡ_ɪ_f_ˌɔː_m p_ˈa_p_ɪ_l_ˌiː]\

Definitions of FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Papillae of the tongue more red than, and next in size to, the conical papillae.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Numerous small, rounded, deep-red eminences, with narrow bases, situated on the middle and anterior parts of the dorsum and especially along the sides of the tongue,

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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