wart
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- noun
- /wɔrt/
:
verruga
- She has got a wart.
- genital warts
- warts and herpes
The texture of green warts like capers on migrating toads.
- The texture of green warts like capers on migrating toads.
- And then really the third one would then be, what are you willing to tell me about your warts?
- My wife was there and he took these big white light and he put it in her face and he said, you've got flat warts.
- The vaccine was made to treat high risk strains, but because of cross antigenicity, we see that patients who get vaccinated, their warts go away.
- I might have been tempted to go with something like weed or brown rice or lentil soup or genital warts, but no.
Examples
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Frequently, warts occur on the fingers and hands; however, warts may grow on any epidermal surface.
Academic text (2007) -
She sports thirty visible warts.
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I had a wart once, but it got removed.
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With that big black wart on his nose?
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Probably has a wart on the end of her nose.
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You know, when I was your age, I had a wart on my thumb.
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"Right here in the center of my foot." "Could be a plantar's wart," my mother says.
Fiction book (1990) -
Got a plantar's wart the size of Texas.
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Plantar warts occur on the soles of feet where walking may flatten them, filliform warts around the mouth and eyes, and flat warts on the legs and face.
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I had a wart on my thumb when I was a child.
Synonyms
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A small growth on the private parts or anus caused by a virus called HPV
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A small rough growth on the bottom of the foot that hurts when walking
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A small soft growth that appears on the private parts or around the anus, often caused by a virus
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A hard raised spot on the skin caused by a virus, often on the foot
A small rough growth on the skin caused by a virus, often on the hands
A small harmless bump on a child's face or hand
A small soft wart that appears on the skin around the genitals or anus, often caused by a virus
A wart-like growth on or near the genitals caused by an infection
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small growth on the private parts or anus caused by a virus called HPV
- NSFW
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A small soft growth that appears on the private parts or around the anus, often caused by a virus
- Specialized
A fungal disease of alfalfa that causes white growths at the base of the stem
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wart comes from the Old English word wearte, which meant a small 'lump' or 'swelling' on the skin. That's why a wart is a small, hard bump often caused by a virus.