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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This book, absorbing and highly detailed, tells his story, warts and all.
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Ted Reed, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
It’s also used in photodynamic therapy, which utilizes low-power red laser light to drive a cell-destroying chemical reaction that can treat conditions like skin and other types of cancer, psoriasis, acne, and warts, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Erica Sweeney, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
For: plantar warts and common warts for adults and kids
How to Use: cover the wart with the product, then cover it with a bandage.
—Susan Bard, Health, 4 Sep. 2024
Americans should rejoice that in many ways the Tea Party movement, warts and all, is a significantly more capable and reliable partner for the United States' world-order-building tasks than were the isolationists of 60 years ago.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
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Ted Reed, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
It’s also used in photodynamic therapy, which utilizes low-power red laser light to drive a cell-destroying chemical reaction that can treat conditions like skin and other types of cancer, psoriasis, acne, and warts, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Erica Sweeney, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
For: plantar warts and common warts for adults and kids
How to Use: cover the wart with the product, then cover it with a bandage.
—Susan Bard, Health, 4 Sep. 2024
Americans should rejoice that in many ways the Tea Party movement, warts and all, is a significantly more capable and reliable partner for the United States' world-order-building tasks than were the isolationists of 60 years ago.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
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“Wart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wart. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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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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