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WART
wart, verruca
(noun) (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
wart
(noun) any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
wart
(noun) an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wart (plural warts)
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
(computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
Source: Wiktionary
Wart, n. Etym: [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G. warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. vĂĄrta, Dan. vorte; perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca wart.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. 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 (Zoöl.), 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).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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