plantar 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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plantar wart

n.

A wart occurring on the sole. Also called verruca plantaris.

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plantar wart,

a painful verrucous lesion on the sole of the foot, primarily at points of pressure, such as over the metatarsal heads and the heel. Caused by the common wart virus, it appears as a soft central core and is surrounded by a firm hyperkeratotic ring resembling a callus. Multiple tiny black spots on the surface represent bits of coagulated blood. It is distinguished from a callus in that skin markings are interrupted by a plantar wart. Treatment methods include excision, electrodesiccation, cryotherapy, laser treatment, topical acids, and use of cantharidin. See also mosaic wart.

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plantar wart

Verruca pedis Podiatry A virally-induced bump on the bottom of the foot, linked to the immune system, which either responds to minimal therapy or not. See Abracadabra therapy, Podophyllin.