1
a
: a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous human papillomaviruses
called also verruca vulgaris
b
: any of numerous similar skin lesions not caused by viruses
2
: an excrescence or protuberance resembling a true wart
especially
: a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on a plant
3
a
: one that suggests a wart especially in smallness, unpleasantness, or unattractiveness
b
: defect, imperfection
—often used in the phrase warts and all
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Other pitchers at the top of this market also had warts.
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Doctors have known for a long time that some beta HPVs cause changes on the skin, such as warts on the hands and feet.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 30 July 2025
These painless warts often appear on the tongue, lips, and inside of the mouth.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 6 July 2025
Weeks later, anal warts appeared around the rim of Laurent’s rectum, the complaint says, and he was diagnosed with condyloma.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 July 2025
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Will Sammon, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Doctors have known for a long time that some beta HPVs cause changes on the skin, such as warts on the hands and feet.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 30 July 2025
These painless warts often appear on the tongue, lips, and inside of the mouth.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 6 July 2025
Weeks later, anal warts appeared around the rim of Laurent’s rectum, the complaint says, and he was diagnosed with condyloma.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 July 2025
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“Wart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wart. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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wart
noun1
: a horny projection on the skin usually of the extremities produced by proliferation of the skin papillae and caused by any of numerous genotypes of the human papillomavirus see flat wart, genital wart, plantar wart, verruca vulgaris
2
: any of numerous warty skin lesions not caused by human papillomaviruses
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