GENITAL WART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genital wart mean? 

• GENITAL WART (noun)
  The noun GENITAL WART has 1 sense:

1. a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus

  Familiarity information: GENITAL WART used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENITAL WART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

condyloma acuminatum; genital wart; venereal wart; verruca acuminata

Hypernyms ("genital wart" is a kind of...):

verruca; wart ((pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus)

 Context examples 

A vaccine directed against Human Papillomavirus Type 11 that causes majority of the genital warts and anogenital cancers.

(HPV-11 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A human papillomavirus that is a common causative agent of genital warts.

(Human Papillomavirus-11, NCI Thesaurus)

Genital warts caused by HPV 6 and 11 are the most common STD in the United States.

(Human Papillomavirus-6, NCI Thesaurus)

Although some people develop genital warts from HPV infection, others have no symptoms.

(HPV, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

HPV vaccines may help prevent some of the HPV infections that cause genital warts.

(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Also called genital wart.

(Condyloma, NCI Dictionary)

Low-risk HPV can cause genital warts.

(HPV, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Your health care provider usually diagnoses genital warts by seeing them.

(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)