Wart Definition

wôrt
warts
noun
warts
A small, usually hard, tumorous growth on the skin, caused by a virus.
Webster's New World
Any small protuberance, as a glandular protuberance on a plant.
Webster's New World
A genital wart.
American Heritage Medicine
An imperfection, failing, flaw, etc.
A lovable person, warts and all.
Webster's New World
One that resembles or is likened to a wart, especially in unattractiveness or smallness.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
warts and all
  • All defects and imperfections notwithstanding:

    They love each other, warts and all.

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Other Word Forms of Wart

Noun

Singular:
wart
Plural:
warts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wart

Origin of Wart

  • Middle English from Old English wearte

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wart Sentence Examples

  • Herbal medicines such as St. John's Wart can also affect the pill's effectiveness.

  • For plantar warts, the treatment goal is to destroy the wart and its virus without causing much damage to healthy skin.

  • The wart tissue can be removed with a scalpel and tested to determine what type of HPV virus caused the infection.

  • Common methods to reduce genital warts include application of a topical cream called imiquimod (Aldara), cryotherapy (freezing of the wart), elecrosurgery (applying an electrical current to the wart), and surgical removal.

  • You'll want to skip the nose wart for this costume, and you get extra points for extravagant cleavage.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAR

Words Ending With

TRTART

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With W and Ending With T

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With W4 Letter Words Ending With T