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Definition of Common wart
1. Noun. A benign growth (often with a rough surface).
Medical Definition of Common wart
1. A keratotic papilloma of the epidermis which occurs most frequently in young persons as a result of localised infection by human papilloma virus, usually types 2 and 4; the lesions are of variable duration, eventually undergoing spontaneous regression, and are both exophytic and endophytic, with hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, hypergranulosis, koilocytosis, and papillomatosis. Synonym: common wart, infectious warts, verruca simplex, viral wart. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Wart
Literary usage of Common wart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1903)
"The common wart (verruca vulgaris] is generally seen on the hands, but also on
other parts, as a small sessile growth with a surface at first smooth, ..."
2. A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical by Timothy Holmes, John Whitaker Hulke (1883)
"But it is rare for any but th- common wart that affects the hands of 3'oung people
... The common wart of the external integument may remain for many years, ..."
3. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1915)
"The common wart, called also "verruca vulgaris." 2. The pointed condyloma, called
also ... The common WART occurs rather frequently about the vulva. ..."
4. Skin Cancer by Henry Honeyman Hazen (1916)
"Verruca vulgaris is the common wart so often found upon the hands and scalp of the
... That the common wart is infectious is proven by the experiments of ..."
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