[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wart \wart\, n. oe. werte, as. wearte; akin to d. wrat, g.
   warze, ohg. warza, icel. varta, sw. varta, dan. vorte;
   perh. orig., a growth, and akin to e. wort; or cf. l. verruca
   wart.
   1913 webster
   1. med. a small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by
      enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of
      the epidermis which covers them.
      1913 webster

   2. an excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a
      true wart; specifically bot., a glandular excrescence or
      hardened protuberance on plants.
      1913 webster

   fig wart, moist wart med., a soft, bright red, pointed
      or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed
      into groups of large size. it is a variety of condyloma.
      called also pointed wart, venereal wart. --l. a.
      duhring.

   wart cress bot., the swine's cress. see under swine.

   wart snake zool., any one of several species of east
      indian colubrine snakes of the genus acrochordus, having
      the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose
      scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.

   wart spurge bot., a kind of wartwort euphorbia
      helioscopia.
      1913 webster
see also:
fig wart moist wart pointed wart venereal wart wart cress swine 
wart snake acrochordus wart spurge euphorbia helioscopia 

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Genital Wart >> G Words
Genital Wart, definition of term: Genital Wart
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