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juvenile wart

juvenile wart

7.0
A small harmless bump on a child's face or hand
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒuːvənɪl wɔrt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : verruga juvenil
  • Many children develop a juvenile wart on their fingers, but these often disappear without treatment.

Examples

  • The doctor identified the growth on her hand as a juvenile wart and reassured the family it was benign.

  • He was embarrassed by the juvenile wart on his face, but the dermatologist said it was harmless.

  • My son has a small juvenile wart on his hand.

  • The doctor said that a juvenile wart is harmless.

  • Many children develop a juvenile wart on their fingers, but these often disappear without treatment.

  • The doctor identified the growth on her hand as a juvenile wart and reassured the family it was benign.

  • He was embarrassed by the juvenile wart on his face, but the dermatologist said it was harmless.

Synonyms

verruca
vsjuvenile wart
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A hard raised spot on the skin caused by a virus, often on the foot

is the form that appears mainly on children's faces or hands
common wart
vsjuvenile wart
2.9

A small rough growth on the skin caused by a virus, often on the hands

occurs mainly on children's faces or hands and in childhood

Surface Forms

juvenile wart singular
juvenile warts plural

Morphology

juvenile + wart

The meaning 'a small wart occurring in children' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'juvenile' (relating to young people) with 'wart' (a small viral skin growth). This adjective+noun composition follows regular compositional semantics and is cross-linguistically straightforward, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Juvenile wart comes from the words juvenile ('young') and wart ('small bump on the skin'). These harmless little bumps often appear on children's faces or hands, so the name means 'a small benign wart on children'.