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Definition of Wart

1. Noun. Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals).

2. Noun. An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness).

3. Noun. (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.

Definition of Wart

1. n. A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

2. n. A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

Definition of Wart

1. Noun. (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). ¹

2. Noun. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads. ¹

3. Noun. (computing programming slang derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wart

1. a protuberance on the skin [n -S] : WARTED [adj]

Medical Definition of Wart

1. Benign tumour of basal cell of skin, the result of the infection of a single cell with wart virus (Papilloma virus). Virus is undetectable in basal layer, but proliferates in keratinising cells of outer layers. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wart

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warstled warstler warstlers warstles warstling wart (current term) wart-biter wart hog warted warthog

warthogs wartier wartiest wartily wartime wartimes wartiness wartless wartlike wartorn

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