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Warts
Medical Definition: | Benign epidermal proliferations or tumors; some are viral in origin. |
Guide Notes: | a non-neoplastic tumor virus infect; coord IM with precoord organ/dis term (IM) |
Condylomata Acuminata - Sexually transmitted form of anogenital warty growth caused by the human papillomaviruses. | |
Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis - An autosomal recessive trait with impaired cell-mediated immunity. About 15 human papillomaviruses are implicated in associated infection, four of which lead to skin neoplasms. The disease begins in childhood with red papules and later spreads over the body as gray or yellow scales. |
Warts Medical Definitions and Terms
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