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senile wart

noun

Etymology

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.

Definitions

  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.
    • The senile wart is, however, not limited to people of this class, though its appearance is much modified by the habits of the patient.
    • . Senile warts occur in both sexes but, as the name implies, they become more common with advancing years.

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