wart

(wart) [L. verru’ca]. An elevation of the skin, more rarely of the mucous membrane, formed by hypertrophy of the papilla. See also verrucae. anatomic w. Same as di ection tubercle. See tubercle. fig-w., moist w., inted w. See venercal w. fugitive wea form seen on the hands of young persons and generally not persistent. Peruvian w. See verruca peruana. postmortem Ὑ. Same as di ection tubercle. See tubercle. s00t-w., chimsweeps’ cancer (or epithelioma) of the scrotum. te i ectatic w. See ungiokeratoma. tuberculous w., tuberculosis of the skin leading to the development of warts, chiefly upon the hands, and occurring principally in childhood. venereal, a reddish, pointed elevation growing upon the genitals or the anus, and caused by infection from the secretions of the parts around it. It is usually moist, and is also known as moist w., pointed w., fig-w., verruca a cum in at a, and pointed condyloma. vitreous w., any one of a set of small, roundish, transparent ma es on the postcrior surface of the cornea, near the border of Descemet’s membrane.