wart (redirected from common wart)

wart (wort) verruca; a hyperplastic epidermal lesion with a horny surface, caused by a human papillomavirus; also loosely applied to any of various wartlike, epidermal proliferations of nonviral origin.wart´y

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anatomical wart  tuberculosis verrucosa cutis.

flat wart  a small, smooth, usually skin-colored or light brown, slightly raised wart sometimes occurring in great numbers; seen most often in children.

genital wart  condyloma acuminatum.

juvenile wart  flat w.

moist wart  condyloma latum.

mosaic wart  an irregularly shaped lesion on the sole, with a granular surface, formed by an aggregation of contiguous plantar warts.

necrogenic wart  tuberculosis verrucosa cutis.

Peruvian wart  verruga peruana.

pitch warts  precancerous, keratotic, epidermal tumors occurring in those working with pitch and coal tar derivatives.

plantar wart  a viral epidermal tumor on the sole of the foot.

pointed wart  condyloma acuminatum.

postmortem wart , prosector's wart tuberculosis verrucosa cutis.

soot wart  a sign of chimney-sweeps' cancer, which occurs beneath the wart.

venereal wart  condyloma acuminatum.

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wart (wôrt)

n.

A hard, rough lump that grows on the skin and is caused by infection with certain viruses; it typically occurs on the hands or feet. Also called verruca, verruga.

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wart,

n See verruca vulgaris.

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wart

see fibropapilloma.