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senile wart

senile wart noun: seborrheic keratosis.

senile wart: seborrheic keratosis
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Noun

senile wart (plural senile warts)

  1. Seborrheic keratosis.
    • The origin is a diagnostic point when the keratoma begins as a slightly elevated plaque, but it usually begins in the same way as the senile wart, as a slightly elevated papillomatous structure with a granular feel.1919, Medical Review of Reviews - Volume 25, page 548
    • The senile wart is, however, not limited to people of this class, though its appearance is much modified by the habits of the patient.1966, The British Journal of Dermatology - Volumes 1-3, page 201

senile wart meaning in Tamil

senile wart in Tamil

மூப்புத் தோல் மரு

Examples of senile wart in a sentence

  • Senile warts occur in both sexes but, as the name implies, they become more common with advancing years.1979, Norman L. Browse, An introduction to the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, →ISBN, page 35:
  • However senile warts are due to nutritional changes in the skin incident to old age, while veneral warts are caused by contact with a local irritating secration which may contain a causal germ.2002, F. M. Dearborn, Diseases of the Skin with Illustrations, →ISBN, page 286:

Forms of senile wart

pluralsenile warts

Origin of senile wart

From the fact that the condition is more common with old age and the wart-like appearance of the growths. In spite of its name, the senile wart is not, in fact, a wart at all, but merely a growth that somewhat resembles a wart.

Questions about senile wart

What does senile wart mean?
Senile wart means seborrheic keratosis.
What is senile wart in Tamil?
Senile wart in Tamil is மூப்புத் தோல் மரு. See Senile wart meaning in Tamil.
How do you use senile wart in a sentence?
Senile warts occur in both sexes but, as the name implies, they become more common with advancing years.
What part of speech is senile wart?
Senile wart is a noun.
What is the plural of senile wart?
The plural of senile wart is senile warts.

Words near senile wart in the dictionary

  1. senile
  2. senile angioma
  3. senile angiomas
  4. senile gangrene
  5. senile keratosis
  6. senile wart
  7. senile warts
  8. senilely
  9. seniles
  10. senilicide
  11. senilise

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