online medical dictionary | definition of pap

1. <networking> Password Authentication Protocol.

2. Printer Access Protocol.

(01 Feb 1996)

1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.

2. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.

3. The pulp of fruit.

Origin: Cf. D. Pap, G. Pappe, both perh. Fr. L. Papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. Pappa.

1. <anatomy> A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. "The paps which thou hast sucked." (Luke xi. 27)

2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.

Origin: Cf. OSw. Papp. Cf. Pap soft food.

(01 Mar 1998)